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The Box

2009

Richard Kelly

Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn ...

4.8

15,768

Sci-Fi. Mystery. Thriller. Fantasy Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer Variety	"Pushing a few of the right buttons and plenty of the wrong ones (...) The pic reveals the hazards of taking Twilight Zone material too far and too seriously. Still (...) occasionally entertains"	NEU
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"An artistic fiasco that cuts across genre lines and all logic to become, perhaps, an instant midnight movie. (...) Kelly sets his nonsense in a world that's much too real. The nightmare logic feels fake"	NEG
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"[James Marsden and Cameron Diaz] convey real warmth as the financially overextended central couple (...) Kelly knows how to keep the tension mounting even when it isn’t clear what’s going on"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"It doesn’t entirely work, but even when it goes off the boil, it remains more arresting than many people’s good movies (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Jenkins Time Out	"There’s enough eccentricity and ambition at play to charm and bemuse in equal measure (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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