How can someone go from directing Donnie Darko to this - is beyond me. And what was Frank Langella doing in it?
There's only one person more talentless than James Mardsen and that's Cameron Diaz. Oh, what a joy they star together!
I literally don't know where to start ...( read more)
James Marsden,
Cameron Diaz,
Frank Langella,
James Rebhorn,
Michele Durrett
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A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.
DVD Release Date: February 23, 2010
Stats: 6,347 reviews
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February 9, 2010
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December 31, 2009
The box, the latest movie from Richard Kelly ( Donnie Darko) is an unusual movie that tells the story of a small wooden box that arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know. It is a psych...( read more)
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December 12, 2009
As a fan of The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, this film grabbed me from the very simple set up. It starts as a moral dilemma, one that everyone will be asking themselves after having watched the film. It's easy to see where many become turned off by this film. It takes a strict...( read more)
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November 30, 2009
A couple receives a mysterious box with a button and instructions that, if they push it, two things will happen: they will receive a million dollars, and someone they don't know will die. Very poorly written, with plot holes, a drawn out middle section full of scenes that are cr...( read more)
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November 18, 2009
imagine if the adam and eve story and the twilight zone had a baby and you've got "the box", a taut weird study in the moral and personal ramifications of selfishness. langella rules the day (hello!) as a mysterious force of nature - so greasy you can feel the grease on your fin...( read more)
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February 9, 2010
The first half of the movie is aoutstanding then Richard Kelly comes with all his crazy stuffs and turn the box into a laughable and ridiculous sci fi project but then comes the end and makes it worth watching!
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February 9, 2010
This is truly shocking! Awful dialogues, horrible acting, this ridiculous plot that doesn't make any sense, and the only mystery left is: how could Richard Kelly commit this enormous atrocity basing on a story written by Richard Matheson?!
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February 8, 2010
SUMMARY
sci-fi thriller starring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella. based on the short story Button, Button by Richard Matheson. directed by Richard Kelly.
a couple (Diaz, Marsden) receive a box from a mysterious man who offers them one million dollars...( read more) -
February 8, 2010
"Donnie Darko" fue una estupenda pelicula y "Southland Tales" fue una horrenda atrocidad. "The Box" se situa mas o menos en medio; empieza con una premisa interesante y gradualmente se torna en una de las peliculas mas absurdas y bizarras del año. Uno tiene la corazonada que Kell...( read more)
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February 7, 2010
Nothing seems like it is and nothing is as easy as it comes....The movie really is mysterious and for a moment I got scared because of the scene and the weird music playing. This film is not as complicated as it seems or looks, it's a very good movie and even though the acting re...( read more)
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