Gift? No thanks! (The Gift (DVD))

Member Name: macutmore

Product:	The Gift (DVD)
Date:	04/03/01 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: Thought provoking ending

Disadvantages: Dull, dreary, unglamorous

Posted around as an intense psychological sexy suspense thriller (sounds good don’t it). I thought I was in for a treat, as I hadn’t seen one of those for a while!

The poster looked promising, but was all I had to go on, other than my curiosity. Within the first thirty minutes I realised I’d been had.

I had to adapt my taste to accept something unglamorous, dull, dreary and dark (might as well add dismal too). I know that it is possible to make movies that have tense, nail biting supernatural elements and still have visually stunning images of some kind. This one got away somehow.

Even the plot was somewhat predictable as it turned out to be not much more than a murder mystery whodunit with a ‘try’ to scare you senseless feel. It did get better though with a thought provoking ending.

My main criticism centres on the fact that the location and state culture where this story was set is somewhere we can’t really relate to anyway, (just as well really).

It’s another American style state, court cop drama not dissimilar to your average TV movie.

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