The Box

 (2009)

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| Apr 16, 2010
TotalFilm
a great movie, three failures to capture its brilliance.....turns it into a bloated sci-fi melodrama..... ... Full Review
| Feb 23, 2010
Film.com
On Blu-ray, the film is even more breathtaking....The Box is one of those great little movies that will stick with you long after viewing it --....half the fun of the film is not knowing what's going to happen next....It also makes for an incredibly hard film to review....that southern accent that wasn't fooling anybody, it's a surprise the film ended up being as good as it was..... ... Full Review
| Dec 07, 2009
The Guardian
Many readers will hate The Box,....The critics are as confused by Richard Kelly's new thriller as its central protagonists are by the MacGuffin of the title.....The Shyamalan comparisons are apt, for the Sixth Sense director was similarly hamstrung by the huge success of his first movie (and its genuinely impressive twist ending)..... ... Full Review
| Dec 04, 2009
The Times of London
The enigmatic cult cool of that movie was tainted by the fact....Kelly whinged about how much better the film would have been had is evil producers not wrested control in the editing suite..... ... Full Review
| Dec 03, 2009
The Guardian
if any filmic comparisons offer the real key to this bizarre movie's existence.....But this film just goes interminably on....Marsden and Diaz do have financial worries, though.... ... Full Review

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