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The Box (2009)

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Reviews Counted:371

Fresh:182

Rotten:189

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: Imaginative but often preposterous, The Box features some thrills but largely feels too piecemeal.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Nov 6, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $114,882,598

Synopsis: What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars…but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it? And what would... What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars…but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it? And what would be the consequences? The year is 1976. Norma Lewis is a teacher at a private high school and her husband, Arthur, is an engineer working at NASA. They are, by all accounts, an average couple living a normal life in the suburbs with their young son…until a mysterious man with a horribly disfigured face appears on their doorstep and presents Norma with a life-altering proposition: the box. With only 24 hours to make their choice, Norma and Arthur face an impossible moral dilemma. What they don’t realize is that no matter what they decide, terrifying consequences will have already been set in motion. They soon discover that the ramifications of this decision are beyond their control and extend far beyond their own fortune and fate. --© Warner Bros [More]

Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn

Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne

Director: Richard Kelly

Director: Richard Kelly
Screenwriter: Richard Kelly
Producer: Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly, Dan Lin
Composer: Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Owen Pallett
Studio: Warner Bros.

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