Fresh
There's really just one reason to see the Southern freak show that is Sam Raimi's The Gift, and fortunately it's the best reason: to watch the star of the piece.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The Gift
The only witness to the crime was not even there.
2000 · 1h 52m · R
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Sam Raimi
Overview
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Director and cast
- Sam Raimi Director
- Cate Blanchett as Annie Wilson
- Giovanni Ribisi as Buddy Cole
- Keanu Reeves as Donnie Barksdale
- Katie Holmes as Jessica King
- Greg Kinnear as Wayne Collins
- Hilary Swank as Valerie Barksdale
- Gary Cole as David Duncan
- Rosemary Harris as Annie's Granny
- J.K. Simmons as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
- Chelcie Ross as Kenneth King
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A glorious textbook example of a gifted film maker's ability to transform a familiar genre and, thrillingly, to confound our expectations in the process.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Rotten
Raimi's latest picture, The Gift, looks like an attempt to create a classier version of the kind of horror movie that established his reputation nearly two decades ago.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten
Uneven and conventional.
John Anderson, Newsday
Rotten
The movie has an impressive cast. Blanchett is a terrific actress who deserves better than this.
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
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