Close Every Door, Turn Off Every Light, And Look For The Others (The Others (Collectors Edition, 2 DVDs))

Member Name: DixieChick101

Product:	The Others (Collectors Edition, 2 DVDs)
Date:	11/01/09 (67 review reads)
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Advantages: A great film, nothing in it to be scared of, but you will jump

Disadvantages: You look back and go why the hell was I ever scared.

The Others

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THE PLOT
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The film starts off with the women screaming, out of nowhere appear three servants, Nicole Kidman's character Grace invites them in and gets them to look after her two children Anne & Nicholas, who have a strange condition which means they are allergic to light and before they can enter a room, all the curtains have to be closed.

Then Anne starts hearing weird noises, but Grace doesn't believe her and tells her to stop lying and scaring Nicholas.

The rest of the film will have you jumping with terror in a second, but then you'll calm down and go why the hell did I jump?

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My Opinion
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Okay, first things first, there is nothing in this movie that is scary. Nothing at all to scare you in the slightest, but still everyone I know that's seen it has jumped a mile a couple of times throughout the film.

The director has filmed it in such a way, that even the most normal of things gets you prepared to jump.

I've heard people compare this film to The Sixth Sense, but this film is so much more enjoyable because the ratings quite low and it's not gory or anything in anyway. It stands on its own this film does and I think it's just a perfect piece of cinematography.

The film is quite religious, not so much that it forces it on you like some films but the family is deeply religious and that's a major part of the film and it's twists.
Like The Sixth Sense, the twist at the end will get you thinking back and going ahhhh I get it now. This was probably one of the only films me and my mum did not work out the ending, I give it praise just for that.

The main thing I love about this film is it's acting, we all know Nicole Kidman's a great actress and can deliver a believing performance, but it's the kids that steal the show. Especially the young boy James Bentley, for such a new actor and for such a young actor he's fantastic, he and Alakina Mann really are amazing in this film.

The thing I loved about this film was that I could actually watch it when it came out on Sky Movies which was a good thing. I had never really watched horror before as I was only 12 at the time, it's really good to get you into horror.

I'll never forget the first time we watched it. We had just got Sky and had Sky Movies for free for like three months. It came on and we thought, what the hell have we watched. From about 15 minutes in we fell in love, yes we jumped and stuff but the day we brought the DVD was very funny.

We jumped in all the right places, and we managed to prepare ourselves because we knew they were coming up but the sound quality on the DVD made up jump so much and seriously there's nothing to be scared about.

The first time I took this to a sleepover, everyone loved it and it became a constant film at our sleepovers. We were at someone's house once and I pretended to hide behind the couch because I was scared, then when a particularly scary scene came on I touched my mate on her shoulder, she screamed her head off. It was hilarious.

The great thing about this film is it's a simple plot, you know in most horrors you have the red herring and there's so many of them that it's hard to keep up, but this story stays around 6 people and one house. It's simplistic but effective.

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Should You Buy The Film?
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This is probably one of Nicole Kidman's best films and I can watch it over and over again. I recommend it to anyone, but for all those people out there who don't want to watch it because it's scary, there's nothing to be scared about.

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Details
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TITLE: The Others
CAST: Nicole Kiddman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleson, Alakina Mann, James Bentley.
RELEASE DATE- 2002
DIRECTOR: Alejandro Amenabar
WRITER: Alejandro Amenabar
RUNNING TIME: 101 Minutes
RATED: 12 (UK)
MY RATING: 9/10

Summary: A fantastic film, really good and the twist is brilliant.