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Summary: Excellent Gothic-like Story
Review: I was a little unsure about seeing this movie, I had heard that it was boring, and my husband is easily bored. But we went to see it on my birthday anyway. I am so glad that I did! This is an old fashioned ghost story, no flashy special effects, and none are needed. Even though my husband and I figured out the ending within 20 minutes we still found the movie to be engrossing and well acted. If you like either foreign films or ghost stories from earlier cinema than you will enjoy this film.
If your tastes are more toward special effect filled or action films than you might not be impressed with this movie. I found this movie to be truly haunting (pun unintened). I thought about it for days afterwards.
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Summary: Not bad but not good either
Review: I went to watch The Others even though most of the people who watched it warned me not to. The movie wasn't horribly bad but there was nothing there to make it good either. The setup and the background of this movie was so awfully forced and contrived and even the actors' (including Kidman) reactions were unconvincing. I felt like I was watching a cheesy horror flick (like Scream). The movie had a very bad turn when the husband arrived. His arrival was utterly pointless and went on for a boring 30 mins. Finally the movie got back on track. The ending was not a big enough payoff for the hour and half of creaking floors, slamming doors and horrified gasps. To place "Sixth Sense" in the same category as "The Others" is an insult to SS. For better thrillers check out the "The Shining" and "Carrie" in which horror and terror lies within everyday life.
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Summary: GOOD SCARY MOVIE
Review: Best scary movie since event horizon and house on haunted hill came out. Watch it, its worth the money!
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Summary: Edgy and sophisticated
Review: This movie is intelligent and well done with great performances by the entire cast especially the children.
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Summary: Twisted and Different, shocking and spooky.
Review: This movie is so shocking and twisted it shook my spine terribly several times. The wierd beginning was intriging, but not quite compared to the rest of the movie. It started off a little slow, leaving you time to rest before it becomes spooky, then in the end unbarebly suspenseful and terrifying. The end was SO intense!
The screaming and yelling at the old women with the blank, white eyes just sitting there with the rest of her dead family at the table asking the same question over and over while she was staring strait into nothing and scribling nothing on white paper, The scary musical score is bairing!!!!! AND THEN.........
You'll have to see for yourself, but believe me, what happens next will shock you, twist your mind and leave you paralized and stunned, this is surely another great movie in American movie history.
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Summary: slow slow slow
Review: The reviews for this movie were rather favorable, so I was looking forward to a good scary movie. What I got was a slow, boring movie with no payoff at the end. The movie felt like ... "The Sixth Sense". Nicole Kidman plays an unpleasant, unlikeable mother, and her performance can best be described as "adequate". Lots of unresolved details that fool you into thinking there is more to the story than meets the eye (why were the children photosensitive? Why did the father show up? Why was he sick for two days? Don't bother to guess--you will never find out by the end of the moive. I can appreciate the attempt to make an old-fashioned ghost story (no gore, etc.), however this was just too boring to pull it off. You may jump a few times, but only because you'll be half-asleep!
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This guy just continues to amaze me. First of all, go get Thesis and Open your Eyes. Don't rent them, buy them. This movie was set to be an above avg. suspense film but in just a second it transform itself to a masterpiece. Waht a talent!!
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Summary: Macabre, subtle and wonderfully done.
Review: Don't talk to people about it, just go and see it, let it be a total surprise. The subtle horror was more like Hitchcock, not in your face "Boogie men" and no blood and gore. Simply presented with twists and turns one would never expect. Kidman does a fantastic job as the edgy and apprehensive mother of two children in the year 1945. The war is over and she anxiously awaits the return of her husband to their mausoleum like home, on the foggy isle of Jersey. The dark and swirling fog leaves the watcher with the feeling of a black and white thriller of decades past. An eerie, damp hopelessness permeates the mansion. I will go no farther, because the best parts are better left unsaid. Kelsana 9/3/01
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Summary: On my Top Ten List.
Review: Brilliant film-making. I admit, I was a little cynical, though I went to see it largely for Nicole Kidman. I am frankly astounded by her incredible talent - she is a goddess in Moulin Rouge, which, if you haven't seen, you must - and here, she shines even brighter in a completely different story. Tenuous and daring, this movie takes ghost stories in a new light. The ending was completely and shockingly unexpected, and I usually can tell when something is about to happen. It was a cliffhanger until the end, a perpetual dangle off of the slopes of some craggy mountain. I would definitely, absolutely see it again, at any time. I am also eagerly awaiting Mr. Amenabar's next production. Definitely, go see this movie.
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Summary: Interesting Yet Slow
Review: I thought this movie was interesting and fairly well crafted yet it was just to slow to unfold at times. It reminds me of H.P. Lovecraft a lot. He seemed fond of creepy fogged in and isolated dwellings. Being a fan of modern special effects I surprised myself by enjoying the fact that this was done completely with practical effects. As far as I could tell the only effect was the shaking of a chandelier seen in previews. It's not like What Lies Beneath (or any other Zemeckis film)with all the effects shots that no one even noticed.
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