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The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Average Customer Review : 4.0/5 based on 546 reviews
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Editorial Reviews
A welcome throwback to the spooky traditions of Jack Clayton's The Innocents and Robert Wise's The Haunting, Alejandro Amenábar's The Others favors atmosphere, sound, and suggestion over flashy special effects. Set in 1945 on a fog-enshrouded island off the British coast, the film begins with a scream as Grace (Nicole Kidman) awakens from some unspoken horror, perhaps arising from her religiously overprotective concern for her young children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley). The children are hypersensitive to light and have lived in a musty manor with curtains and shutters perpetually drawn. With Grace's husband presumably lost at war, this ominous setting perfectly accommodates a sense of dreaded expectation, escalating when three strangers arrive in response to Grace's yet-unposted request for domestic help. Led by housekeeper Mrs. Mills (Fionnula Flanagan), this mysterious trio is as closely tied to the house's history as Grace's family is--as are the past occupants seen posthumously posed in a long-forgotten photo album. With her justly acclaimed performance, Kidman maintains an emotional intensity that fuels the film's supernatural underpinnings. And while Amenábar's pacing is deliberately slow, it befits the tone of penetrating anxiety, leading to a twist that extends the story's reach from beyond the grave. Amenábar unveiled a similarly effective twist in his Spanish thriller Open Your Eyes (remade by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky), but where that film drew debate, The Others is finely crafted to provoke well-earned goose bumps and chills down the spine. --Jeff Shannon
Spotlight Reviews
Through the Looking Glass...Darkly (2008-12-28)
Customer Review : 5
Brilliant. Not only well acted and haunting but something entirely original. Most ghost stories follow predictable scripts but not this one. It leaves the viewer guessing about the nature of reality...past, present, future, life, death...what's what and who's who?
My congratualations to the director and actors. This is a film worth watching.
Holy crap! What a great movie! (2008-12-12)
Customer Review : 5
Nicole Kidman is a the top of her form in this thrilling ghost story. The ending is worth watching what may seem like a slow paced movie. The settings and backgrounds are both spooky and magnificent. Wow, what a fantastic ending. I'm almost speechless. For details, read the lengthy reviews.
The light, the light! (2008-11-29)
Customer Review : 5
"The Others" takes place on Jersey, one of the British islands in the English Channel which was occupied by the Germans in World War II. It's a scary movie with devastating secrets and a story reminiscent of Henry James's "Turn of the Screw", but this plot has more chills. Nicole Kidman, playing a widow, does a superb job of acting in this movie, and everyone involved is excellent. A creepy old mansion is constantly dark within; the drapes are always drawn because Kidman's young son and daughter are severely sensitive to sunlight.
The photography and atmospherics are wonderfully done. The three servants who just show up at the door and whom Kidman hires foreshadow bad stuff to follow. Kidman is constantly locking and unlocking inside doors in the big house which lacks electricity and phones. The suspenseful isolation becomes a part of the gripping film with its ghosts and Gothic horrors. Kidman plays the cold, forbidding role of the mother who frightens her own children with her fears and her piousness.
Isolate the principals, shut out the sun, bring in the fog, shake in some supernatural elements, and voilá, a fine movie.
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The Others (2008-10-08)
Customer Review : 5
Love this movie! Its a wonderfully suspensful movie, with a classic feel to it. It just proves that gore and guts are not needed to get a jump out of the audience.
This company shipped the movie to me, with no problems or delays. Great service!
The Others (2008-08-13)
Customer Review : 5
The movie was good. Very haunting and with surprises along the way. I highly recommend this DVD. Thanks. Michael
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