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Summary: Una interpretación magistral, una gran película.
Review: Amenabar consigue con su tercer filme su trabajo mas redondo, con la ayuda de la soberbia interpretación de una Nicole Kidman que firma uno de los mejores trabajos de su carrera. Muy correctos todos los secundarios. El suspense se mantiene a la perfeccion todo el filme; solo la sensacion de un final ya visto empaña un poco la linea argumental. A pesar de ello, muy recomendable para ver.
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Summary: brilliant ghost story
Review: well most of the time i am pretty disappointed with ghost stories but this one is the best i have ever seen by far. kidman is fantastic ... one scene in particular was very, very creepy indeed :) ... hauntingly beautiful and chilling all round :)
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Summary: Story - NOT Special Effects - Make This Story Scary
Review: With the onset of big special-effect production houses like "Industrial Light & Magic," and "Dreamworks" there have been few movies in this genre of macabre horror that haven't capatilized on using visual imagery to achieve scares. Monsters are more foul, more hideous than ever, and with the use of computers, almost anything can be created. And yet, in a twist of irony, it is these very same effect houses that have diminished our ability to be scared by de-sensitizing us to the macabre by making it so readily available.This is why some of the more inventive directors in Hollywood are again turning to more traditional means of filmmaking, focusing on camera effect, light and shadow, and most importantly, story-telling, to achieve bigger screams and better thrills. "The Others" is a prime example of such a film. Set in the long halls, and lofty rooms of an old English manor, the story tells of a woman and her ill children, living alone and abandoned on an island in the throws of a world war. The woman, played brilliantly by Nicole Kidman, is met by a trio of housekeepers who arrive unexpectedly at her doorstep. She invites them in and hires them immediately, explaining the house has been left in disarray since the last set of servants disappeared very unexpectedly. It isn't long before the story really starts to build momentum. The children, who suffer from an illness that makes sunlight lethal to them, move about the house in darkness, each room's windows carefully covered to avoid exposure. Relationships begin to develop between the family and the servants, and as they do, so too does the house begin to fill with the sound of the "others" who seem to have taken residence. The story is very simple, almost linear in its development, but its strong focus on developing its characters a layer at a time provide more scares, more edge-of-your-seat than any effect could. Ironically, there are no obvious special-effects in this film. It is the masterful use of light and shadow, odd camera angles, and a beautifully written soundtrack that make this film both frightening and genuinely interesting to watch, right up to the suprise ending in the final minutes of the film.
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Summary: Great mood movie
Review: This is the type of movie that makes me happy that Hollywood makes movies. It draws the viewer into a world so unlike our own, yet with emotions that are terribly familiar. The sadness of Kidman's character's situation permeates throughout the film, giving a dream-like, nostalgic quality... and at the end of the movie, you'll see why you're in this mood. This is about as good as movies get. PS - Don't watch it thinking it's a "horror" movie. It's not. It's more of a thriller, with a few clever suprises, but it's not made to make you scream your head off. It's a sophisticated film that explores loss, grief, and desperation.
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Summary: Spectacular Ending
Review: THE OTHERS is every inch as good as SIXTH SENSE which you will be forgiven for thinking that they stole ideas from - but as many have stated, it was the other way around. THE OTHERS was penned long before SIXTH SENSE. Whatever, nothing can quite prepare you for the spectacular ending (which I won't give away). Let's just say that it had an impact on me. Nicole Kidman is excellent as a housewife caring for her two children while her husband is away apparently fighting for the War. When everything starts to unfold, we learn that this is not the case. THE OTHERS is an incredibly sad tale, and Kidman's performance is such that you really do feel sympathy for her character. The frustation, the heartache .... A great film, but once you have seen the ending, there is little point in repeat viewings.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: This movie is WONDERFUL!! Watch it on a stormy night by candlelight. It falls into the catagory of The Haunting (1963 version). You will just love it!!!! Fantastic acting & an atmosphere so thick with "true horror". But if you are looking for blood and gore you will not find it here. It is just simply a great ghost story.
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Summary: Outstanding! A thrilling journey to the afterlife.
Review: Nicole Kidman plays as a English mother who has two children that have a rare disease that they are allergic to sunlight and must stay in the dark. The children have been talking to spirits but these ghosts want to take over the house and threaten to kill all of those who live there.
A spiritual and interesting thriller with elements of horror and drama mixed into it and a nice twist in the end. This movie is guaranteed to give you chills up your spine, highly recommended!
Similar Movies Recommended: Final Destination, House By The Cemetery, The Haunting, City of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. The Gates of Hell), House ( 1986), Beetlejuice, Making Contact ( a.k.a. Joey), Final Destination 2, Darkness Falls, Poltergeist, Suspiria, Carrie, Phenomena, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, Ghost, Tenebre, Inferno, The Beyond ( a.k.a. The Seven Doors of Death) and House on Haunted Hill.
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Summary: I have a question.
Review: Hi. I have a question about the DVD. Didn't the DVD of The Others release on May 14? Oh well. Anyways, this movie is great. It's not like those teen massacre and macabre movies. (I.E. the kind of movies like It and Friday the 13th.) This horror story has no blood, yet it is still creepy and very scary. This story is about a woman named Grace(Nicole Kidman) who lives in a mansion with her children. Her husband has went to war for 1 1/2 years. While she is waiting for him, strange things start to occur in the mansion. Eventually, Grace gets convinced that the house is haunted and full of ghosts who bother her at day and night. Yet, the ending is very suprising. I won't spoil it for you. =) Anyways, I really recommend this thriller to anybody who's bloodthristy or wants a chill and wants to cool down on a hot day.
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Summary: Surprisingly entertaining
Review: I think it was after viewing The Others that I reached the conclusion that although there's something about Nicole Kidman that I don't like, she keeps appearing in interesting films. I had low expectations for this film after reading some of the early reviews. A year of so after its initial release, I finally rented it one evening when I couldn't find anything else interesting at the video store. Early on in the story, I began to find myself pleasantly surprised that this seemed to be exceeding my expectations - the characters, setting, atmosphere, cinematography, and script were weaving a well-crafted old-fashioned period supernatural/psychological drama. The film continued to hold my attention until the widely publicized "surprise" ending, which I found satisfying if not particularly surprising. No violence or gore, but a bit too creepy for some younger viewers; fun to watch by candlelight on a foggy night.
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Summary: Third viewing is still effective
Review: My post-virginal viewing of this film was surprisingly entertaining. Usually, horror movies are never as scary as they are on first viewings. Okay, while this film isn't frightening enough to be considered a masterpiece of horror, the fact that it is effective at all, considering my familiarity with it, is really cool. Nicole Kidman's portrayal of a housewife raising two kids, at first, feels over-done; over-the-top. But during my last viewing, I began to realize that maybe writer/director Alejandro Amenábar intentionally convinced Kidman to ham it up. You see, Kidman's character, named Grace, has been raising her two kids all alone, ever since her husband, who has been ghost for a long time, went off to war. Grace is sexually-deprived, over-whelmed by the kids, and claustrophobic (she never leaves the house).. and maybe some other unhealthy adjectives. If THE OTHERS makes a statement about anything, it is that a woman, or single parent, should not have to carry the burden of raising children alone. This is pretty similar to Jack Torrence's conflict in THE SHINING. Deprived of the "finer" things in life: sex, alcohol, friends, an exit out of the house, etc... Jack ultimately went cabin crazy. You know the story. If not, you should see it, along with this film. They're, like, the brother and sister of each other, giving male and female perspectives on the experience of deprivation. THE OTHERS is also pretty similar to the Kubrick film in the way that it scares its audience. Many of the film's most chilling moments happen right before your eyes, or through suggestion. You hear sounds, and then you hear nothing.. and then the goosebumps arise. Then you get defensive, preparing yourself for the sudden entrance of a horrible being. Wickedly, the film toys with you. Sometimes you're shocked with images, and other times you're not. Without revealing anything, there's a scene involving a painting, hiding in the darkness. I swear, that image gets me every damn time that I watch this picture. Also worthy of note is Alakina Mann, who plays Grace's daughter, Anne. She's totally convincing as the older sibling who gets a kick out of frightening her younger brother. Fortunately, she even sends chills up our spines, with her suggestions of eerie things behind the curtain, or right beside you, breathing on you, waiting for the right moment to scare the living daylights out of you.
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