The Gift

2000

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

58
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 74451 74.5K

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Plot summary

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.


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May 04, 2022 at 08:16 PM

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Keanu Reeves as Donnie Barksdale
Danny Elfman as Tommy Lee Ballard
Cate Blanchett as Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson
J.K. Simmons as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
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English 2.0
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1 hr 51 min
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1 hr 51 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MissCzarChasm 8 / 10

A Few Faults Don't Ruin An Otherwise Good Movie

Sam Raimi is a very gifted director. Whether it's genre driven films such as the Evil Dead series or the recent Spider-Man he has a very good sense of the films he's making. Of his more serious recent films such as A Simple Plan and For the Love of the Game, I think The Gift, his last serious effort before Spider-Man, stands out as the best.

The film has a few faults however so I just want to get those out of the way. Some of the characters aren't developed enough so we lose interest in them quite quickly. Also the outcome is quite obvious early on in the film, so a few more twist to maybe keep the audiences guessing would've been appreciated. Other than that however we have a pretty well made picture so these minor flaws don't overshadow an otherwise brilliant production.

First and foremost this is a character driven piece lead by the incredible Cate Blanchet. She is quite the chameleon in her movies. She can go from playing Queen Elizabeth, to a southern fortune teller without skipping a beat. Her talent is something that most performers should strive for. She's very efficent in her part here. She's very likable and she makes you feel for her character.

Giovanni Ribisi is also very good in the film. He could've played it like the stereotypical crazy person but he brings something new to the role. We feel for him because he brings his struggle across so well when he's on screen.

Hillary Swank is good also but her character is majorly underdeveloped. She falls into stereotypical battered wife mode but I did like her performance. I just wish she was given more to do.

Keanu Reeves was such a shock in this film I never took him seriously as an actor until I saw this. He literally scared me at certain moments in the film. He brings such a realistic intensity to the role that he becomes more frightening.

Greg Kinnear is ok in this film His character suffers from lack of development as well. I'm also tired of him playing the nice guy in films. It's getting a little old. His southern accent also isn't very consistent. Kept coming in and out. It's hard for me to buy he and Katie Holmes as an item but I guess it worked for the filmmakers.

Speaking of Katie Holmes, props to her for taking on a more adult role. *SPOILER. It's not even the fact that she shows us her breasts but it's the fact that she's playing against type and does it fairly well. She has minimal screentime but she makes an impression. Especially in her final scene of the film. *END SPOILER*

Over-all I thought The Gift rose above the standard supernatural thriller. To me it's more a Character piece and fairly decent whodunit. I suggest you all see it because it's a really good film.

Reviewed by boblipton 7 / 10

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Cate Blanchett is a widowed mother of three small boys in a southern town. She supports them all by reading the cards -- not Tarot, but what appear to be Duke University cards. She is subject to visions of her dead grandmother and dreams. When Greg Kinnear's fiancee disappears, the police reluctantly call Miss Blanchett, whose vision lead them to drag redneck Keanu Reeves' pond and find the corpse.

Sam Raimi's movie is not a standard horror movie, but a meditation on the oppressiveness of having psychic abilities, or indeed, different. It's populated with quite a distinguished list of actors, including J. K. Simmons, Michael Jeter, Katie Holmes, Hillary Swank, and Rosemary Harris. Given Raimi's varied credits -- he was working on SPIDERMAN while cutting this film -- it offers an interesting vision of what super-powers mean. Or perhaps, if you're not so inclined, some fine work on editing for atmosphere.

Reviewed by Hitchcoc 7 / 10

I Always Seem to Guess Right

I was hooked on this show, even though in the end I had it all figured out. That said, Cate Blanchett is very good as a mother who is doing what she can to keep a roof over her fatherless children. She unknowingly makes the mistake of advising a woman, played by Hillary Swank, who is being victimized by her ruthless husband, Keanu Reeves. He blames Blanchett for attempting to break out their marriage and threatens her family, describing how you skin a squirrel while looking at her little boys. He is a bastard. When Katie Holmes disappears, Cate is brought in to help find the body. Her psychic powers lead to the discovery and because Reeves had been seen beating the young woman, he is arrested and convicted of the murder. Of course, there is more to this and it's just too easy to put two and two together. The strong side of the film, however, is incredible atmosphere, especially in the scenes where Blanchett has visions and dreams. There is also a cloud hanging over everyone throughout the film. Her character is seen as a kind of witch by the huckleberries in the town. It's good at getting ones blood up, but it is a bit too manipulative at times.

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