The Box

The Box (2009)

  • 45% of critics liked it
    (147 reviews)

  • 27% of users liked it
    (344,946 ratings)

Screen siren Cameron Diaz and former X-Man James Marsden star in the supernatural horror picture The Box (2008), directed by Donnie Darko cult fave Richard Kelly. The film's premise involves a strange and ominous box granted to a young couple by a mysterious stranger (Frank Langella). They are… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Richard Kelly
Genres
Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Nov 6, 2009 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

    Kelly treats what is essentially a Stanford University psychology experiment with inflated somberness.

  • Laremy Legel, Film.com

    Is it an odd film? Certainly. Will it creep you out more than it engages you? Probably. Should we be rewarding folks who are willing to step out of bounds and make us think? Definitely.

  • David Jenkins, Time Out

    While it's true that the film's sci-fi antics are far from watertight in the logic department, there's enough eccentricity and ambition at play to charm and bemuse in equal measure.

  • David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer

    Whatever you do, do not accept delivery of The Box, a package that doesn't know where it is going nor how to get there.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    Kelly has talent, but for his next movie, he might try coming down to earth and forgetting about the people who control the lightning.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stuart B


    Rubbish

  • Jason C


    I'm not really sure what this movie was suppose to accomplish, and I don't think the writer did either. It's not entertaining horror, it's not interesting sci-fi, and the suspense is poorly executed. The only thing the film achieves is making a contrived mess.… More

  • EightThirty .


    27/07/2011 (DVD) <b>Bewildered at first!</b> The bewildered weirdness kicks but and for was very puzzling. Sometimes I felt like "what the heck is going on?" And then I would settle down to see the strange results produced from the unexplainable theories that… More

  • Eric A


    Weak. It started off okay, but drastically fell off from there.

  • Jim C


    It surprises me how such great premises become such failures. The Box had a great opening, but it soon became very boring and stupid, but still a good opening. The acting was ok, Cameron and James had good performances but everyone was just stupid. The special effects were kind of… More

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