Even if the gift, the australian director joel edgertons creepy stalker thriller, didnt make a dramatic uturn at around the halfway point, it. The gift is a 2000 american supernatural thriller film directed by sam raimi, written by billy bob thornton and tom epperson, and based on the alleged psychic. The narrowminded townspeople shun her for her gift of psychic vision. At first, simon doesnt recognize gordo, but after a troubling series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts, a horrifying secret emerges. If you can look beyond the poor cinematography and sound you will find a very good movie. Parents need to know that the gift is a 2000 movie in which cate blanchett plays a psychic living in the deep south who begins to have nightmarish visions concerning the recent disappearance of a young bridetobe. With cate blanchett, katie holmes, keanu reeves, giovanni ribisi. Elizabeths gift full movie kari hawkerdiaz, paul d.
Later, laura comes across a homeless girl, whose spirit reminds her of elizabeth. Aug 12, 2015 as with so many other hotbutton issues the gift touches on, it gets this one wrong, too. The violence alone makes this something best for older teens and older graphic depictions of domestic violence, of a man who. A young married couples lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husbands past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years. Watch the gift trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. Filming locations 5 filming dates 1 filming locations.
The gift 2015 when married couple simon jason bateman and robyn rebecca hall unexpectedly encounter gordo joel edgerton, an acquaintance from simons past, little do they know that their. With marty antonini, fred eaglesmith, natascha girgis, john dylan louie. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Katie holmes, giovanni ribisi, cate blanchett, keanu reeves, hilary swank, greg kinnear show embed code. The list of 2015 movies is even more accurate than the imdb database of all 2015 movies. Our 2015 movies page contains the most accurate 2015 movie release dates and information about all movies released in theaters in 2015. Reviewed in the united kingdom on february 18, 2015. Click on any of the 2015 movie posters images for complete information about each movie in theaters in 2015.
The gift is similar to cape fear, or fatal attraction, or, in another way, the night of the hunter in that it shows a family unit threatened by an outside force usually an individual with an ax to grind. Read the the gift movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Sure, a woman could potentially be sexually assaulted without necessarily being aware of it. A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared. Get the latest movie times, trailers and celebrity interviews. The gift is a 2000 american supernatural thriller film directed by sam raimi, written by billy bob thornton and tom epperson, and based on the alleged psychic experiences of thorntons mother. The gift is a very creepy movie with great acting from its leads and has an original, jawdropping twist ending that left me thinking for days after i left the theater. The gift does seem to believe that its an open question, who the father of robyns baby is. A married couple named simon and robyn played by bateman and rebecca hall move back to a small town in california. Trailers for each movie release of 2015 are featured on each. Aug 07, 2015 even if the gift, the australian director joel edgertons creepy stalker thriller, didnt make a dramatic uturn at around the halfway point, it would still rank as a superior specimen. Cate blanchett, katie holmes, keanu reeves, giovanni ribisi. Annie, a young recently widowed mother of three, lives in brixton, georgia and supports herself by giving psychic readings.
I really like this film and so good to see keanu reeves actually acting for once. Long passages in the middle seem repetitive, as edgerton leans on jumpscares over and over. Rent the gift 2000 starring cate blanchett and giovanni ribisi on dvd and bluray. See the full list of the gift cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Jan 19, 2001 with all of these elements, the gift could have been a bad movie, and yet it is a good one because it redeems the genre with the characters. The film centers on annie cate blanchett becoming involved in a murder case as a result of acquiring knowledge about the crime through extrasensory. When married couple simon jason bateman and robyn rebecca hall unexpectedly encounter gordo joel edgerton, an acquaintance from simons past, little do they know that their perfect lives will be thrown into a terrifying tailspin. Current movie listings and showtimes for the gift 2001. With george eddington, sterling fitzgerald, gunner jones, catherine chesire. The gift you forgot to open christmas movie trailer. The film stars jason bateman and rebecca hall as a couple intimidated by a figure from simons past played by edgerton.
With jason bateman, rebecca hall, joel edgerton, allison tolman. Blanchetts sanity and balance as annie wilson provide a strong center, and the other actors in a firstrate cast go for the realism in their characters instead of being tempted by the absurd. Welcome to easter cove, a salty fishing village on the far reaches of maines rocky coast. Then again, this film is from 2001, so my perception of that might be just an. The gift is a 2015 american psychological horror thriller film written, coproduced, and directed by joel edgerton in his feature directorial debut, and coproduced by jason blum and rebecca yeldham. The gift 2015 r 1h 48m thriller movies newly relocated to california, a man bumps into a former classmate who seems friendly at first, but is soon revealed to be nursing a murderous grudge. Before watching this movie be warned that this is a children or family made for tv movie filmed in australia. The gift lacks either finchers talent for dense plotting or hitchcocks elegance. Kudos to joel edgerton for his first time as director. Jul 22, 2015 the sins of the highschool cafeteria come home to roost in the gift, a coolly unsettling thriller that begins as an unironic homage to late80searly90s yuppiesinperil dramas like. The gift 2001 in the tiny town of brixton, georgia where nothing is private, a woman with supernatural clairvoyance, a young beautiful socialite who has mysteriously disappeared, and an. Get the gift dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Find out whats playing at your local movie theatre at canadas longest running online movie.
The only reason the movie was able to be action packed was because of the unbelievable. A husband and wife, simon and robin, move into a new home and run into an old acquaintance of simons from high school whose nickname was gordo the weirdo. The gift is a thriller, with plenty of scaremoments, but the fear unleashed is mainly psychological. Grieving the loss of their mother and facing an uncertain future, mary beth and priscilla connolly cover up a gruesome runin with a dangerous man. The gift 2001 the gift 2001 showtimes movie listings.
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