The Others (2001)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 147
Fresh: 123 | Rotten: 24
The Others is a spooky thriller that reminds us that a movie doesn't need expensive special effects to be creepy.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 12
The Others is a spooky thriller that reminds us that a movie doesn't need expensive special effects to be creepy.
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Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar's first English-language production is a creepy period ghost story that continues in the vein of his earlier art house hit Open Your Eyes (1997). Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a devoutly religious mother of two ailing children who has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast while awaiting her husband's return from World War II, though he has been declared missing. Their children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), both suffer
Cast
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Nicole Kidman
Grace -
Christopher Eccleston
Charles -
Fionnula Flanagan
Mrs. Mills -
Elaine Cassidy
Lydia -
Eric Sykes
Mr. Tuttle -
Alakina Mann
Anne -
James Bentley
Nicholas -
Renée Ashershon
Old Lady -
Gordon Reid
Assistant -
Keith Allen
Mr. Marlish -
Michelle Fairley
Mrs. Marlish -
Alexander Vince
Victor -
Rico Lopez
2nd Assistant -
Aldo Grilo
Gardener
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All Critics (162) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (130) | Rotten (24) | DVD (35)
A welcome change of pace from most contemporary scary stories, where the shocks come with all the subtlety of flashers jumping out of park bushes.
Top CriticI saw the ending a mile away and couldn't have jumped higher.
A tantalizing spine-tingler.
It's atmospheric, stylish, and spooky. The plot is well thought-out and its secrets and mysteries are unveiled slowly. Unfortunately, it is also cold, distancing, and moves at a glacial pace.
Mr. Serling would be pleased.
Bumpy at first, with a few too many clichés and an awful lot of doors opening and closing. But by its final image -- a beautifully fading portrait through a window -- I was swept in.
Good but creepy; may be too intense for some.
The Others is a modern horror film with an old-fashioned touch, relying on suggestion and suspense to generate fear.
A fertile meditation on the human fixation for control over the chaos of life, interwoven with moral certainty in military and existential battle with moral relativity.
Nicole Kidman's brilliant turn dominates this sumptuously made supernatural thriller, which sustains creepy tension without relying on gory violence or special effects.
The Others, like its popular predecessors The Sixth Sense and The Usual Suspects, keeps us (here, literally) in the dark for the entire movie and then, just before everyone packs up to leave, throws a shocking curve our way making us rethink everything we
The ending is rather predictable, but the rest of the film is very skillfully wrought, with excellent performances by adults and children alike.
A must see - or should that be scream?
in this elegantly crafted, chillingly effective tale, [everything] is significant. Nothing in the writing or directing is left to chance.
For every dozen slasher films, there is one genuinely innovative and hair-raising horror film that dares to take chances and force you to rely on your imagination
The final reel of The Others is reasonably captivating, but the 85 minutes that come before it are mostly just dull and atmospheric.
Audience Reviews for The Others
Super Reviewer
Original and spectacular performance from kidman .
This is what a paranormal\ spooky movie is all about!
Super Reviewer
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- Grace: Where is my daughter?
- Anne: Are you mad? I am your daughter.
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Foreign Titles
- Les Autres (FR)
- Los otros (ES)
Set on an isolated island in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the film focuses on a very devout woman whose two children suffer from a (real) disorder that causes them to be highly sensitive to sunlight. Longing for her husband who left to be in the war years earlier, the lady and her kids try to adjust to the addition of a new housekeeping staff in their dim, spooky mansion after the disappearance of the old staff. To complicate matters, the family is under the belief that their home is haunted.
While the general story (and the ending especially) aren't the most original ideas, the film is still a fairly well crafted thriller. It's anchored by some solid performances, especially from Nicole Kidman, and it has some top notch cinematography and sound design/editing, which really add to the appropriately dreary mood, tone, and atmosphere of things. Of course, I expected a film that features light/dark as a main component to have fine cinematography.
The film is a slow burner, and somewhat telegraphed/predictable, but it's still an enjoyable ride while it lasts. I also appreciate how the film doesn't really resort to the visceral in order to elicit shocks and scares, even though I do like a good bloodbath on occasion.
All in all, it's decent, and would probably please those who like slow burning chillers, and anyone who goes nuts for Hitchcock, specifically what he did with Rebecca.