Danika (2006)
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29% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(2,094 ratings)
When a devoted mother and wife begins to experience a series of intensely terrifying visions, she soon begins to question her own sanity in a deeply unsettling psychological thriller from first-time feature filmmaker Ariel Vromen. By day Danika (Marisa Tomei) works at the local bank, and by night… More When a devoted mother and wife begins to experience a series of intensely terrifying visions, she soon begins to question her own sanity in a deeply unsettling psychological thriller from first-time feature filmmaker Ariel Vromen. By day Danika (Marisa Tomei) works at the local bank, and by night she assumes the role of loving family-woman to her husband Randy (Craig Bierko) and their three children Brian (Ridge Canipe), Kurt (Kyle Gallner), and Lauren (Nicki Prian). After experiencing a frighteningly vivid hallucination one day at work, the stressed-out twenty-five year old decides to quit her job and spend more time at home with the family. Though she soon opts to seek the help of a youthful therapist, Danika 's paranoia regarding the safety of her children grows increasingly intense as news stations begin to air a series of gruesome crime stories which all seem to concern the harming of young children. As paranoia rapidly morphs into panic and a series of premonitions leaves the fragile Danika an emotional disaster, the now-hysterical mother does her best to discern whether her continuing visions are the result of a deepening mental illness, or some unknown power from far beyond her realm of comprehension. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ariel Vromen
- Written By
- Joshua Leibner
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 10, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- First Look Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Justin Chang, Variety
a jumpy little psychological thriller that plays like a nonstop anxiety-attack.
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Imagine the little kid from The Sixth Sense as a frazzled stay-at-home mom played by Marisa Tomei.
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Keith Breese, Filmcritic.com
may not really be worth all the toil.
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Luke Y. Thompson, LYTRules.com
It just doesn't really have much to say, and the ending makes what little one does invest in it utterly irrelevant.
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Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly
The message is unexplored and eventually buried under an avalanche of cheap shock tactics and pointlessly dizzying visuals.
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Cast
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Marisa Tomei
as Danika Merrick
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Craig Bierko
as Randy
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Regina Hall
as Evelyn
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Kyle Gallner
as Kurt
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Nicki Prian
as Lauren
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Ridge Canipe
as Brian
- Bailey Hughes
- Guy Camilleri
- Hannah Marks
- James Avery
- Jeffrey Nicholas Brown
- John Ducey
- Kendall Cwik
- Ori Pfeffer
