Movie Information
Overall Rank: 5440
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 77
Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2000
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank
Plot: When a local woman goes missing, her fiancee turns to Annabelle Wilson, a
local clairvoyant for help. Although she is reluctant, that doesn't stop
her from having visions of the woman. -- Chris Kavan
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 09/09/2023
The cast upstages the murder mystery plotline, but there is enough moody drama to go along with the swampy atmosphere to make for a both visually and emotionally satisfying yarn.
Rating of
1.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 08/04/2018
A great cast stuck playing stock cliches you'd find in any 'Deep South' mystery drama. The one interesting thing is the psychic angle. Blanchett is tasked with carrying the movie as a conflicted clairvoyant and she's fine.
Rating of
3/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 07/08/2014
When a local woman goes missing, her fiancee turns to Annabelle Wilson, a local clairvoyant for help. Although she is reluctant, that doesn't stop her from having visions of the woman. Sam raimi is good at two things and that is making stuff look creepy and the other is chilling and that's why I liked this movie. The cast do a fine job in there roles and the directing pretty good.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
"The Gift" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/07/2012
Sam Raimi tries his hand at M. Night Shyamalam territory in a supernatural thriller that sees a psychic haunted by images of the murdered girl whose police investigation she is aiding. Basically, it's The Dead Zone meets The Sixth Sense, but unfortunately it's as good as neither. The ensemble cast of quality character actors are uniformly good, especially Blanchett and Ribisi, and there is some stylishly effective J-horror inspired imagery from Raimi. But it's a bit TOO M. Night, as it suffers from the same drawbacks ie. the whodunnit element is FAR too obvious. Anyone with two braincells to rub together can guess who the killer is within about half an hour (I spent most of the film PRAYING it wouldn't be that obvious, but it was) and the Twilight Zone twist at the end is frankly …
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