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The Others

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• Drama
• Horror

• 2001
• Alejandro Amenábar
• 99 mins
• 12A

Summary

Period horror thriller starring Nicole Kidman. In a remote mansion on the Channel Island of Jersey at the end of the Second World War, Grace is praying for news of her husband, who has been declared missing in action. Her children have an allergy to sunlight and cannot leave the house, so Grace advertises for some home help. Three people respond to her request, but their arrival coincides with a series of sinister occurrences.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Open Your Eyes director Alejandro Amenábar references such tastefully literate chillers of the past as The Haunting and The Innocents in this, his English-language debut feature. Nicole Kidman gives a powerful performance here as a highly strung woman living alone in a postwar Jersey mansion with her two light-sensitive children. When she hires a trio of new servants, her shadowy home suddenly turns very creepy indeed, as her daughter starts to see "things" and they all experience seemingly supernatural events. Relying on deliberately old-fashioned bumps in the night for suspense and gothic spookiness, Amenábar invokes the spirit of RKO horror producer Val Lewton - of Cat People fame - to create a study in terror that relies on atmosphere and mood rather than anything too tangibly modern. Almost resembling a serious high art version of Beetle Juice, this frostily macabre melodrama is for those who prefer their goosebumps delivered with sophistication not a sledgehammer.

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7.6/10

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Cast

rolenameGraceNicole KidmanMrs MillsFionnula FlanaganCharlesChristopher EcclestonAnneAlakina MannNicholasJames BentleyMr TuttleEric SykesLydiaElaine CassidyOld ladyRenée AshersonAssistantGordon ReidMr MarlishKeith AllenMrs MarlishMichelle Fairley

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rolenameDirectorAlejandro Amenábar

Details

Theatrical distributor

Buena Vista

Released on

2001-11-02

Languages

English

Guidance

Some violence.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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