The Gift
starring: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Greg Kinnear
directed by: Sam Raimi
directed by: Sam Raimi
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792172789
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792172787
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 8054
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: January 19, 2001
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Annie has the gift. Some fear her others claim shes a witch. But now a murder has been committed and only she can solve it. On a twisted trail of open infidelity and jealous rage she sees visions that will haunt her and discovers a truth that will tear the town apart. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/24/2006 Starring: Cate Blanchett Keanu Reeves Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Director: Sam Raimi
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Take a pinch of psychic phenomenon, add a dash of Southern gothic, stir in a sharp cast of talented actors, and you'll come up with The Gift, director Sam Raimi's ingenious gumbo of a thriller. It doesn't hold together as well as Raimi's earlier A Simple Plan, but the two films are stylistically connected--The Gift was cowritten (with Tom Epperson) by A Simple Plan's costar, Billy Bob Thornton, who in turn draws from the Deep South milieu that informed his own Sling Blade and his earlier collaboration with Epperson, One False Move. A similar sense of mystery permeates The Gift, in which a small-town Georgia psychic (perfectly played by Cate Blanchett) is tormented by tragic loss and visions connected to the murder of a local vamp (Katie Holmes) whose schoolteacher fiancé (Greg Kinnear) is a prime suspect.
Other suspects include a hot-tempered bully (Keanu Reeves) whose battered wife (Hilary Swank) is one of the psychic's regular clients, and a traumatized local (Giovanni Ribisi) who is tenuously stabilized by therapy and antidepressants. While this trio of potential killers keeps the mystery alive, the requisite red herrings don't add much to the film's low-level suspense. Instead, Raimi is far more effective in creating an atmosphere of anxious dread that wells up from each of these finely drawn characters, starting with the widow psychic's extended mourning for her lost husband, the agonized terror of a beaten wife, and the percolating anger of a cuckolded spouse. All of this makes The Gift a worthy showcase for its esteemed cast, even as its plot twists grow increasingly familiar. --Jeff Shannon
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- MOVIE GOOD, DISC NOTTHIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MOVIE SO MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT. I HAD SEEN THIS MOVIE ... Read More
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- Honest Film About A Southern TabooThis movie was made in Savannah, Ga. If you saw Midnight In The Garden, you are already aware of the ... Read More
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- Visions And Portents...Small town psychic reader, Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy) finds herself ... Read More
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- I thought The Gift was a excellent film!Sam Rami, better known for directing the "Evil Dead" and "Spiderman" series of films, did a gem of a movie ... Read More
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- Psychic + MurderA thoroughly enjoyable and suspenseful story with an outstanding cast of mighty fine actors, this movie is ... Read More
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