- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: N/A
- Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn ... see all
- Director: Richard Kelly
- Plot: Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the... Read more
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Critics Reviews
| Apr 16, 2010TotalFilm
a great movie, three failures to capture its brilliance.....turns it into a bloated sci-fi melodrama..... ... Full Review
| Feb 23, 2010Film.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, 2009The 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, 2009The 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, 2009The 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
News
THE DREAM CONTINUES AT THE BOX OFFICE
fox.com –
2010-08-01
The dream continues at the box office this weekend. For the third week straight, Inception was #1 taking in $27,520,000. The Chris Nolan action/drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio continues to rake in the bucks, while capturing the imaginations of filmgoers. ... Full Article
A Cold-Blooded Fourth At The Box Office
forbes.com –
2010-07-01
DVD review: The Box
guardian.co.uk –
2010-05-06
If The Box seems like an extended episode from the 1960s episode of The Twilight Zone, that's because it is. Richard Matheson, best known for The Incredible Shrinking Man, wrote it as a six-page story for Playboy. ... Full Article
Warner Bros to adapt DC's 'Starman'?
digitalspy.co.uk –
2010-04-30
Warner Bros is rumoured to be preparing a film adaptation of DC Comics' Starman . According to Pajiba , Sherlock Holmes producer Dan Lin is developing the project for the studio. ... Full Article
NBC may have banned Conan O'B rien from performing on TV airwaves until September, but the comedian is quickly making his presence known across nearly every other platform: First with Twitter , and then with a Web site promoting his... ... Full Article
Win Copies of Richard Kelly's The Box
rottentomatoes.com –
2010-02-25
If there's one thing Richard Kelly knows how to do well, it's mess with his audience's minds. The director of cult favourite Donnie Darko and twisted apocalypse trip Southland Tales returns with his third feature The Box , a Twilight... ... Full Article

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