Cate saves the day! (The Gift (DVD))

Member Name: moongod

Product:	The Gift (DVD)
Date:	10/04/01 (9 review reads)
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Advantages: Cate Blanchett

Disadvantages: Not worked through properly

The Gift is almost entirely unremarkable. A decent premise with a good dose of bad treatment. And hello, what on earth is Katie-Joey-From-Dawson’s-Creek-Holmes doing in this?

Cate Blanchett manages to somehow pull a rabbit out of a hat once more and create a somewhat believable character amongst the pastiches and parodies than run amok around this Southern town. It occasionally hints at ‘The Shining’ and if only the ‘Blue Diamond’ turned out to be as shocking as ‘Red Rum’. You can see everything coming from a mile off, and whilst the women are shocked into disbelief of Keanu Reeves as a callous redneck (now WHO has passed themselves off as a casting director), the men sigh in relief when Ms Holmes finally takes her top off in a non-post-mortem state.

The film was more worthwhile for the havoc caused by Keanu’s later comments on domestic abuse. Cheers for that and cheers to Cate for the effort, but this film is only just passable as entertainment.

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