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Box, The
- Directed by: Richard Kelly
- Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne
- Genre: Horror/Suspense
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Rating:
- Rating Reason: for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images
- Theater Release: 11/06/2009
Synopsis
From SOMEWHERE IN TIME to I AM LEGEND, writer Richard Matheson's tales have frequently made their way to the screen, and this adaptation of his story "Button, Button" is no exception. Richard Kelly (DONNIE DARKO) directs Cameron Diaz and James Marsden in this horror film about a couple who find a box that has power over life and death.
From SOMEWHERE IN TIME to I AM LEGEND, writer Richard Matheson's tales have frequently made their way to the screen, and this adaptation of his story "Button, Button" is no exception. Richard Kelly (DONNIE DARKO) directs Cameron Diaz and James Marsden in this horror film about a couple who find a box that has power over life and death.
Reviews
"Kelly returns to his DONNIE DARKO roots by depicting an all-American family succumbing to paranormal forces, with several nods to the styles and sounds of the epoch." (Variety)
"[S]inister and serious....As in his earlier films, he is again using genre (and pretty actors) as a vehicle to ask questions about the human condition (and conditioning)..." (New York Times)
"Kelly returns to his DONNIE DARKO roots by depicting an all-American family succumbing to paranormal forces, with several nods to the styles and sounds of the epoch." (Variety)
"[S]inister and serious....As in his earlier films, he is again using genre (and pretty actors) as a vehicle to ask questions about the human condition (and conditioning)..." (New York Times)
