The Gift
$5.72
Product Description
Annie has the gift. Some fear her others claim shes a witch. But now a murder has been committed and only she can solve it. On a twisted trail of open infidelity and jealous rage she sees visions that will haunt her and discovers a truth that will tear the town apart. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/24/2006 Starring: Cate Blanchett Keanu Reeves Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Director: Sam RaimiAmazon.com
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i thought this movie was absolutely hilarious. A laugh riot!! there were some geniunely comical moments…. funny stuff. Another hilarious movie from the farrerly brothers!
Rating: 5 / 5
Sam Raimi has definitely coming of age directing this movie. This happened to be the person who produced the TV series, Hercules, & who used to direct the B-movie, Return of the Dead. This movie was written by Billy Bob Thorton, who together with his newly wed wife, Angeline Jollie formed the scariest couple in Hollywood. But there’s no denying his talent in writing such a good story. This movie was filled with A-list stars and they all mastered their Southern accent drawl in this instance. My initial concern was whether Sam had the capacity to keep the tension thru the whole movie, the ability of him to draw depths from characters that the actors and actresses were performing and I’m pleased to say that he did with flying colours. This movie reminded me of “What Lies Beneath” and “Stir of Echoes”. It was taken place in the Deep South where Kate Blanchett’s character was a widow living on the breadline with three children, and also a card reader and a psychic. She had Giovanni Ribisi’s (Saving Private Ryan, gone in 60 Seconds) character and Hilary Swank’s (Boys Don’t Cry) character under her care. Giovanni was a mentally ill car mechanic whilst Hilary was the abused wife of Keanu Reeves’ character. Keanu played a red neck (unconvincingly) and who had a chip on his shoulder against Kate for constantly encouraging Hilary to leave him for a better life. So, he started to threaten Kate’s family hoping that Kate wouldn’t consult Hilary anymore. One day, it just happened that Kate’s son was involved in a school brawl & that’s when she met Greg Kinnear’s (Sabrina, As Good As It Gets) character who was the School Principal & his soon to be wed fiancee (Katie Holmes of Dawsons Creek). Being a psychic, Kate felt strongly that Katie was to die soon. Soon after, in a party, Greg & Kate started to feel affection for one another whilst Kate accidentally bumped into Katie who was flirting with a male stranger in a toilet. It wasn’t long before Katie was found missing. Greg came to Kate for help through spiritual means & thru many flashbacks, she determined Katie’s burial place, beneath a pond in Keanu’s compound. Then, the movie changed mode into a court room drama reminded us of “A Time To Kill”. The witness testified that the night before Katie was missing, she was spotted having a fight with Keanu. As Keanu changed his testimony & he had a wound inflicted by Katie, he was jailed for good. But the story wasn’t finished yet as Kate had got more premonitions that Keanu might not be the killer afterall. Could it be Hilary who killed Katie to frame Keanu so that she could then lead a good life, could it be Katie’s lover who killed her in the heat of passion, could it be Greg who found out of his fiancee’s promiscuity and killed her in a rage, could it be the Prosecutor of the case who happened to be the stranger in the toilet with Katie the in the party to conceal his secret? The overall direction of the movie was quite splendid by providing viewers with sufficient clues to keep us guessing until the big climax in the end. The ending was quite satisfactory with a twist. Well acted, well directed, great quality as you would expect from a DVD. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4 / 5
this one is about Blanchett and shes the towns local psychic with her tera cards and stuff. Hilary Swank visits her about her abusive husband played with pure evilness by Keanu Reeves who looks like he didnt shower for awhile, Reeves starts to terroize Blanchett and all the while Katie Holmes ends up missing and dead. Blanchett suspects Reeves and Reeves goes to jail but she soon finds out the truth, it was Greg Kinnear who did it. Giovanni Ribisi is snapping in his role and he shows it. the highlight is when Reeves tries to mess with Blanchett’s kid and Ribisi takes out a crowbar and bashes up Reeves’ truck, awesome and this is directed by Sam Raimi people, the person who brought you A Simple Plan, Spider-man, Evil Dead I and II and Army Of Darkness. Katie Holmes has some good tatas, heh heh
Rating: 3 / 5
I liked this movie, but I’m giving it 5 stars becuz Katie Holmes is a fine piece of tail with a great body that she wonderfully displayed in this movie, and that is why I originally saw this flick in the first place. Keep takin them clothes off katie, you prized piece. Seriously this movie is real cool though in a What lies beneath type of way, but Evil Dead 2 is the Sam Raimi movie I own and love to watch, it’s one of my favorite movies and it is so friggin funny.
Rating: 5 / 5
Did Billy Bob Thorton watch “Fried Green Tomatoes” prior to co-writing “The Gift”? The scene on the courthouse steps with Buddy is way too familiar.
Rating: 1 / 5