The Others (2001)
83 %
Reviews Counted: 145 Fresh: 120 Rotten:25 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Consensus:
The Others is a spooky thriller that reminds us that a movie doesn't need expensive special effects to be creepy.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 10, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $96,080,075
Synopsis: THE OTHERS begins with a close-up of a woman screaming. By the time this intense film ends, everyone watching it will be screaming and gasping. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman raising two children by herself in a creepy mansion. World War II is over, but Grace's husband never returned.... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sykes
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The Others is a modern horror film with an old-fashioned touch, relying on suggestion and suspense to generate fear.
07/14/08
Nicole Kidman's brilliant turn is at the center of this sumptuously made supernatural thriller that builds and sustains creepy tension without ever relying on gory violence or special effects.
07/25/07
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01/26/06
The Others, like its popular predecessors The Sixth Sense and The Usual Suspects, keeps us (here, literally) in the dark for the entire movie and then, just before everyone packs up to leave, throws a shocking curve our way making us rethink everything we
01/04/06
The ending is rather predictable, but the rest of the film is very skillfully wrought, with excellent performances by adults and children alike.
01/15/05
in this elegantly crafted, chillingly effective tale, [everything] is significant. Nothing in the writing or directing is left to chance.
04/05/03
For every dozen slasher films, there is one genuinely innovative and hair-raising horror film that dares to take chances and force you to rely on your imagination
03/19/03
The final reel of The Others is reasonably captivating, but the 85 minutes that come before it are mostly just dull and atmospheric.
02/08/03
Like a stranger following in the blackness of twilight, The Others creeps up on an audience when they least expect it and leaves them breathless and dreading. It’s a throwback to psychological terror films of yesteryear. There’s no blood or foresee
11/26/02
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