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Summary: Awsome, spooking, thrilling.
Review: I sat through this entire movie, well I didn't sit, I jumped a couple times. The Others was an awsome movie, spooky, exciting, freaky. It's just one of thoes movies, where you can't just tell someone about it, you have to tell them they have to see it. Although through-out the entire movie, I had this feeling like i've seen it before, like I knew everything that was going to happen, but it still scared me. Yet I cant find any movie like it. I saw some strange thing for 2 days after I saw this movie, like people walking everywhere, but then just vanished like ghost. all I have to say is go see it, if you can, there is no movie like it, it's awesome.
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Summary: A spare, simple film full of endless enigmas.
Review: 'the Others' is the best Hollywood movie of the year, a genuinely spooky ghost story; that rare thing in this age of high concepts, preview audiences, market research and CGI effects, a film that is all about plot, that uses plot to reveal (and conceal) character, that uses the consoling properties of plot (explanation, resolution, reconciliation) to create further ambiguities and mysteries.in its story of a woman who may or may not be seeing ghosts; of seemingly malevolent servants; of innocent children in danger of corruption; the film has been compared to Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw', the scariest book ever written. it shares with that tale a slow-burning, nerve-fraying suspense narrative; a vividly atmospheric locale (in this case a remote manor on a remote English island further removed from Britain having been occupied by the Germans) and a mood of barely suppressed panic. Working in a popular medium under a studio system, director Amenebar cannot follow James into completely terrifying irresolution, but there are sequences where the tension goes beyond the confines of narrative into the truly uncanny, such as the scene where Kidman leaves the house at the pitch of the action, walks down a cold and forlorn wooded lane, the first time we have been out of the estate's confines, and is soon lost in fog. Amenebar is a Spaniard and has taken a predominantly Protestant genre - the haunted house story - with its pseudo-rationalist basis in psychological or allegorical crises, and infused it with a very scary Catholic mythology, such as Hell and Limbo, the idea of being dead but unrested forever; the idea of photosensitive children forced to live like moles in endless night. The film is full of brilliantly low-key nuances rarely spoken about in British cinema or culture - the one German invasion in British soil (with Kidman's possible collusion resonating throughout); the destruction of the family by the patriotic need to go to war; the trauma of a single mother in a culture that demeans them. There is a strange disjunction between the very Victorian atmosphere, with its lack of modern technology, its outmoded clothes, its formal way of speech, its obsessions with ghosts and cemetaries, its gruesome photo albums of the dead (which, it was hoped, would keep alive the deceased spirit) and the nominal setting, 1945, which, though an age away, seems so much more familiar and modern to us.
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Summary: Excellent, with a great twist
Review: The Others is a good old, traditional, stripped-bare, horror film. It works with a simple storyline, adds a fantastic score, great cutting and filming and a fine actress, ignores the perils of big, complicatd special effects, and shocks, and scares. Kidman is superb in her role as a war housewife who's husband has gone to war, leaving his two children (both allergic to light) behind. After suddenly their servants leave mysteriously, a new set of servants turn up, wanting to work there. Strange things start to happen, and they are associated with the servants. You can see a twist coming, and it does, but there is another twist, an amazing and mindblowing twist which truly explains everything. The film generally is more chilling than outright scary, but some simple but excellent cuts can make the steadiest person jump once or twice. It is genuinely new, and turns the horror film on its head, managing to provoke thought and scare at once.
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Summary: No gore, just goosebumps
Review: Thank goodness for The Sixth Sense -- they're finally making scary horror movies again WITHOUT bloody knives and ginsu fingernail attachments! It's about time filmmakers remembered how something as simple as a door closing on its own can make you nearly jump out of your seat. This movie brings it all back -- the white knuckles, the goosebumps, the "YIKES! What was that?!?!?" - and all at a PG-13 rating. Good job - go see it if you like a good scare!
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Summary: The Horror Film Has Grown Up (Again) - & About Time Too
Review: The Others is a triumph of the horror genre, pure and simple. Scary enough for the hardened horror fan, and so beautifully produced that fans of 'mainstream' cinema can appreciate its merits as well. People who are dismissive of the genre should watch this for an abject lesson in top-notch quality supernatural film-making. This is the sort of film that is responsible for creating new horror fans and instilling them with a lifelong love of the genre, such is the success with which it breathes life back into the good old-fashioned ghost story. Acting, writing, direction, photography and design are all superb. Nicole Kidman is excellent but then so is the rest of the cast, including Eric Sykes, appearing in his first horror film since the 1973 classic Theatre of Blood. Sit down, relax in the atmosphere but leave your coat on to keep out the chills.
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Summary: NICOLE, PLEASE LOSE THE KEYS!
Review: This movie had tons of atmosphere and some good acting but many times I found myself distracted or annoyed. Nicole Kidman turns in a credible performance despite the plodding script. Fionnula Flanagan is excellent as the eerily prescient housekeeper Mrs. Mills. The kids, however, were wooden and whiny, especially the little boy..."mummy, mummy, I'm frightened!"...cute kid, poor actor. Also, that big ring of keys seemed to enjoy unbilled co-star status. Many scenes were hampered with Grace constantly seeking the all-important keys...where are the keys, give me the keys, where did you hide the keys...it was painful to see her always fumbling with the keys. And when she fired the housekeeper: "Mrs. Mills...give me your keys and get out!" I had to chuckle. The movie dragged on for the first hour or so and I nodded off while Grace tutored the kids, drank tea, secured the drapes for the umpteenth time, all the while entertaining the keys. (She was surely cursed to live in such a large house with so many doors.) I was also puzzled by the scene with her husband; his appearance was cursory and pointless. He arrives home barely coherent, in a filthy be-draggled state, says "sometimes I bleed..." and they fall into bed together; then, just as suddenly he's gone again...pretty gross stuff. Being a Nicole Kidman fan, I really wanted to like this movie and it had its moments. Several scenes were indeed chilling and the ending was great. But ultimately, it failed to "unlock" my interest.
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Summary: Scary ... how many people rate this film
Review: I suffered through this dull and predictable film last night, and I am amazed at the overwhelming number of positive reviews. So many people seem to have confused a lack of pace and creakingly slow storytelling with "atmosphere". Pivotal plot points are delivered with granite-slab subtlety, removing any real sense of mystery. Other events like the heroine's husband's brief appearance are nonsense, even within the film's own odd reality, or pure McGuffin like the "things buried under the leaves". The plot is slight to the point of non-existence and anyone who has read any review that mentions "the twist" will spend half the time trying to predict it. Admittedly one late scene actually made me jump, but lock me in a dark room in front of anything this dull for long enough and almost any loud noise will shock me awake. Not helped at all by Nicole Kidman who is a very weak lead.
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Summary: Am I Missing Something?
Review: i went to see this movie with a couple of friends, thinking that it would be a great horrifying thriller that would scare the living hell out of me... or at least keep me up at night.
the opening credits started as someone opens up a story book, with pictures of happy little children playing...'oh this is gonnas be great', my friend groaned. for the first 45 minutes, absolutely nothing happened, they introduced the characters, a widow, her two children who cant go outside because of an allergy to sunlight, three housekeepers...the ghosts that play piano rather well...at this point, 6 people had already walked out of the theater.
i'll admit, the ending was great, but im not sure if it was good because of the writting or because i knew that i was going to leave soon. nicole kidman has yet again graced the screen with her inability to act.
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Summary: Dark And Moody!
Review: God this film really had my stomach in knots for it's entire duration.As atmospheric films go this one is certainly a masterpiece.It is quite a chiller indeed and relies on mood and an eerie atmosphere rather then on sudden frights and violence. The film is set in an old house in Jersey shortly after World War Two.Nicole Kidman plays the landlady of the house,living there with her two children all the while waiting for her husband to return home from the war.At the start of the film three servants arrive to give assistance.These remain to be the only characters who really get invloved in the film.Nicole Kidman is excellent in the role as are the two young children.The children suffer from a rare condition where they can't be exposed to any strong light.This brings about the dark scenes where the film is alsmost entirely set in dreary candlelight.To prevent the children being exposed to any lights all the doors in each room must be locked and unlocked upon entry.Much of the film is spent with the panicky opening and losing of these rooms as there is some strange presence in the house.In many ways some of these scenes are quite reminiscent to scenes in The Sixth Sense.As the story unfolds the backgrounds to these servant characters begins to unfold also.It gives the film an unbelievably intriging feel which resulted in me feeling constantly on edge throughout it's duration.You never seem sure at all as to where this whole story is leading-so the sense of mystery is quite unique.When ever they do leave the house the outside is covered with this almost surreal fog-again building up the atmosphere beautifully.It reminded me of those Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies that used to give me the creeps as a child.You just wish the sun would come out if only to lift the atmosphere temporarily to give the viewer a bit of a break from all this tension.The pace really gathers as the film reaches a very,very dramatic conclusion.
Beautifully shot,really gothic,brilliantly acted and well worth viewing.
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Summary: CLASSIC GHOST STORY
Review: An evocative, old-fashioned ghost story with a series of increasingly shuddery twists, The Others is absolutely terrific. If you love suspenseful, eerie scary movies with a genuine surprise ending, look no further. The look and feel of this movie, with its perfect cast -- those British children are haunting, and Nicole Kidman is excellent as their high-strung mother -- give it an ageless, classic aura. It is hard to shake the wildly original story from your head, once you make it to the spine-tingling finale. With the same smart, well-crafted feel of The Sixth Sense, but set in a big, old, creepy house perpetually in darkness and fog, this movie delivers the goods and then some. Boo!
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