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The Gift (2000)

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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 117
Fresh: 66 | Rotten: 51

With a reported budget of around 10 million, The Gift is obviously a labor of love for those involved. Unfortunately, the A-list cast can't prevent the movie from becoming a by-the-numbers whodunit with an ending that's all but unsatisfactory.

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Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 12

With a reported budget of around 10 million, The Gift is obviously a labor of love for those involved. Unfortunately, the A-list cast can't prevent the movie from becoming a by-the-numbers whodunit with an ending that's all but unsatisfactory.

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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Movie Info

Supernatural horror meets character drama in this Sam Raimi-directed thriller. Set in Georgia, the film concerns a widowed mother named Annie (Cate Blanchett) who is blessed with the ability to have psychic visions. When Annie is asked to use her powers to investigate the murder of a rich society girl (Katie Holmes) who was engaged to a local high school principal (Greg Kinnear), she finds her "gift" is as destructive as it is helpful. Many of the townspeople have mixed regard for Annie's

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Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Tom Epperson, Billy Bob Thornton

Nov 6, 2001

$11.2M

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There's really just one reason to see the Southern freak show that is Sam Raimi's The Gift, and fortunately it's the best reason: to watch the star of the piece.

January 19, 2001 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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A glorious textbook example of a gifted film maker's ability to transform a familiar genre and, thrillingly, to confound our expectations in the process.

January 19, 2001 Full Review Source: Detroit News
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Raimi's latest picture, The Gift, looks like an attempt to create a classier version of the kind of horror movie that established his reputation nearly two decades ago.

January 19, 2001
Seattle Times
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It's like a play that's been 'opened up' for the screen, expanded and filmed on real locations but retaining all of the carefully worded stage dialogue. It never sounds 'real,' and I suppose that's the point.

January 19, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee
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Uneven and conventional.

January 19, 2001 Full Review Source: Newsday
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like going to the county fair and getting ripped off by the traveling sideshows

June 20, 2012 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

A superior horror movie for older teens.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Who would have thought Sam Raimi could have made a film in which the dead are harmless, even helpful?

February 14, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

Failing to deliver as a suspenser, The Gift relies heavily on its name cast, particularly Cate Blanchette, which elevates the old-fashioned yarn to a more serious patina.

July 5, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

Un mediano intento de sorprendernos.

February 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Cinenganos
Cinenganos

Stilted, obvious, and cruel... No longer an absurdist of gore, Raimi is now a reveler in it.

January 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks
Nick's Flick Picks

One of the strongest parts in question is the central performance of Cate Blanchett.

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment (1)
TheMovieReport.com

...not too bad in a gothic whodunit kind of way

October 30, 2002 Full Review
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Audience Reviews for The Gift

Uneven and too all over the place to be truly effective horror film. Sam Raimi's The Gift still has some potential and some scarier parts reminds us in the audience how talented he once was as a director when working with genre classic like Evil Dead.
To call this a horror film might be wrong assumption. There is actually very little horror and much more mystery, character based drama and supernatural elements at work here. Cate Blanchett is fantastic as a Annie who has a reputation of local witch and one who can see visions. There are interesting elements and many interesting characters here but nothing that would leave an lasting impression.
This is all awfully familiar stuff and leaves feel of deja vu after it's over. Without Blanchett's performance this would be nothing more than a flat and forgettable thriller with few horror elements and nice milieu accompanied by suitable score by Christopher Young.
October 27, 2012
emilkakko

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A Supernatural Thriller with a convincing, natural performance by Cate Blanchett and a unique angle on a Murder investigation.

There is something of an emotional commitment brought to the storyline by the characters in this film, which really comes across well on screen. All in all it is a decent (greatly underrated) film, one that I have watched time and time again.
March 28, 2007
76Majikat

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