A fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.A fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.A fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.
- Awards
- 11 nominations
Nathan Lee Lewis
- Cornelius
- (as Nathan Lewis)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on Billy Bob Thornton's own mother's reputed psychic abilities.
- GoofsThe cards which Annie uses have nothing to do with fortune telling or prediction. There are called Zener cards and are a deck of twenty five cards, five of each symbol. They are used to test for ESP to see how closely a subject is able to predict their order in the deck or which one is hidden in an envelope.
- SoundtracksTrouble Is A Lonesome Town
Written and Performed by Lee Hazlewood
Courtesy of Okemah Productions - SLR Records
Featured review
Good and spooky.
In The Gift, Cate Blanchett is blessed(or cursed?) with the ability to sense things that no ordinary person can see. She is asked by the police to aid in the search of a missing person and what follows, is a journey into the supernatural. Sam Raimi knows how to set up a scene for the maximum scare potential. Honed on his Evil Dead series, Raimi lets a scene begin slowly and allows the viewer to sense the dread and feel the suspense build. There are visual tricks, interesting camera techniques and the fine performances by a very talented cast that propel this story forward. Among this cast that really stands out is Keanu Reeves. People have always complained that Reeves brings down a movie. At least some of the people I know. I prefer to think that Reeves is an underrated actor. In the role of Donny Barksdale, Reeves brings a certain menace to his character that usually isn't scene in his other roles. Barksdale isn't a creature of the night, or a space alien, but a flesh and blood creature that is capable of true evil. When you watch him, look at his eyes and you'll see a true menace lurking behind those dark brown eyes. Cate Blanchett shows that she can master just about any accent that's out there. She sounds like she's a native of the south and she has a quiet courage about her. Most notable when she's squaring off against Reeves.
All in all, The Gift is a wonderfully atmospheric thriller. It has brains and doesn't insult the viewers. It will keep you hooked up until the very end, and there are quite a few surprises throughout the film. Highly entertaining, and very spooky at times.
All in all, The Gift is a wonderfully atmospheric thriller. It has brains and doesn't insult the viewers. It will keep you hooked up until the very end, and there are quite a few surprises throughout the film. Highly entertaining, and very spooky at times.
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- bat-5
- Feb 12, 2001
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- Language
- Also known as
- Những Lá Bài Ma Thuật
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,008,642
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,827
- Dec 25, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $44,567,606
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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