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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Dimension
Salesrank: 2879
Released: May 14, 2002 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Screen sensation Nicole Kidman (MOULIN ROUGE, EYES WIDE SHUT) delivers an utterly unforgettable performance in this scary and stylish suspense thriller. While awaiting her husband's return from war, Grace (Kidman) and her two young children live an unusually isolated existence behind the locked doors and drawn curtains of a secluded island mansion. Then, after three mysterious servants arrive and it becomes chillingly clear that there is far more to his house than can be seen, Grace finds herself in a harrying fight to save her children and keep her sanity. Acclaimed by critics everywhere, the unpredictable twists and turns of this compelling hit will keep you guessing as it keeps you riveted to the edge of your seat!
Description of The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition):
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
The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Reviews:
Suspenseful 
2009-11-09 - Pretty Good Ghost movie. i liked it a lot. this movie is very good i love it and so will you. recommend it for everyone
Haunting...
2009-09-15 - A ghost story unlike any other. Director Alejandro Amenabar's The Others is one of those far too rare jewels of the genre. With a strong plot, memorable characters, haunting atmosphere and more layers than one can uncover in a couple of viewings, this film is a masterpiece of film-making.
Unlike the vast majority of horror films out there that have to rely on slash fests, vulgarity, nudity and buckets of blood to try to smokescreen for weak plots of less than mediocre and forgetful films, The Others, is on that short list category with films like Jack Clayton's The Innocents, from the 1961 which was based on a Henry James story, Robert Wize's The Haunting, from 1963, adapted from Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining adapted from Steven King's masterpiece novel in 1980.
The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
The Others (2001) [Blu-ray]
True Horror
2009-09-09 - This is unquestionably the scariest, creepiest, most frightening and genuinely disturbing "haunting" film I've ever seen. Forget the Hollywood thrill ride special effects flimflam of "Poltergeist" ad nauseum. This is the real thing. And Nicole Kidman deserved an Oscar for her portrayal. It will stay with you for weeks after you've seen it. Truly shudder-inducing and I usually blow this stuff off as simply good fun. Not this time. Sleep well.
great for the price
2009-08-12 - for the price i got it for it was really worth it. i would definately order from this person again.. oh think i already did!!!
Psychological Thiller
2009-07-08 - I love looking at the psychology of this movie and studying the different characters. It is a movie that will make you think-especially if you watch it more than once. You can see how your assumptions played out. Not everything is as we see would be a phrase I would say this movie conveys. I thought it was brilliantly done. Although I did like the sixth sense much better.
