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The Box

The Box

2009
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 55m
An unhappily married couple receive a small box on their doorstep. At the push of a button, the box brings its bearer instant wealth but also instantly kills someone the bearer doesn't know.

Directed by:

Richard Kelly

Screenwriter:

Richard Kelly, Richard Matheson

Starring:

Cameron Diaz, James Rebhorn, Deborah Rush, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Holmes Osborne, Celia Weston, Gillian Jacobs, Michael Zegen, Lisa K. Wyatt, Basil Hoffman, John Magaro

Genres:

Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Horror

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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The Box

2009
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 55m
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paxtonPaxton
Rated 16 Mar 2017
54
27th
Midway through the movie my phone started blaring music. I looked and sure enough it was Pandora and I was too scared to open it to turn it off. (Ahhhhhhhhhhh. sits back and smugly enjoys his subtlety)
Rated 16 Mar 2017
imnotlaughinimnotlaughin
Rated 15 Nov 2009
40
31st
## The Good: At times throughout the film, the moral dilemma brought on by the classic sci-fi parable feels like a vintage episode of Twilight Zone. ## The Bad: The rest of the time, the lack of direction and focus coupled with the disgustingly unnecessary extraterrestrial plot elements makes me wonder if the story outline had been written by a twelve-year-old. ## The Perplexing: Was it really necessary to bring back the floating water elements from Donne Darko? No. No it wasn't.
Rated 15 Nov 2009
ag0stomesmerAg0stoMesmer
Rated 20 Sep 2012
2
46th
The Day the Earth Stood Still/Body Snatchers sci-fi but unfortunately (and despite tedious explanation) the plot makes no sense. In desperation they reach for some Mullholland Drive unease but it doesn't gel. The actors all give it a good go but the characters are bad sci-fi 'puppets'. Running the whole film through some crappy instagram filter was also a bad idea, shame.
Rated 20 Sep 2012
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 06 Jan 2010
2
18th
Promising concept, poor execution. Pacing of the story seemed to main contributor of this film's faults. It was all over the place and two hours do not go by quickly.
Rated 06 Jan 2010
chinsterchinster
Rated 03 Jan 2010
56
11th
As a short story, this would have been intriguing and fun. As a full movie, it does not work. The initial concept of the movie gripped me at first. But then I realised half way through that nothing makes sense. By the end, I had more questions than answers.
Rated 03 Jan 2010
13381338
Rated 09 Dec 2009
80
29th
Another proof that a woman can ruin your life.
Rated 09 Dec 2009
legstumplegstump
Rated 09 Dec 2009
70
68th
I for one am glad there was somebody out there crazy enough to pay Richard Kelly to put this scattershot insanity on screen. After dispensing with the Twilight Zone punchline 45 minutes in Kelly wanders off into ridiculous territory, yet he presents the ridiculousness with restraint, visual flair, and an eerily unsettling atmosphere. Special mentions to Langella whose creepiness carries the film, and the brilliant score which contributes greatly to the mood.
Rated 09 Dec 2009
misterlizardmisterlizard
Rated 23 Dec 2013
25
28th
Not surprised to find this started life as a Twilight Zone story. There's a pretty well-defined moment where one can see where the original short story ended, and it transitioned into Kelly throwing random ideas onto film in an attempt to prove he had something to say. Seems like he's still trying to win back some of the acclaim he got for the vastly overrated Donnie Darko by flinging out vague nonsense in the hope that some people praise it for being 'deep'.
Rated 23 Dec 2013
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 25 Sep 2010
63
34th
If Kelly spent half as much time hammering out a coherent story and conclusion as he did making the film so convincingly 70's, it would be a masterpiece.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
ewp805ewp805
Rated 04 Mar 2010
63
30th
Started out as a pretty neat concept, but took a huge turn from what I was expecting. There's a few good shots, but other than that the film seems a bit messy and poorly executed. The lead roles do their job well, but they can't help save this film from poor directing.
Rated 04 Mar 2010
tavingtonTavington
Rated 10 Feb 2010
2
37th
Beginning is quite promising but later everything becomes messy especially in the end. It has a lot of potential but film's poor realization blows it to pieces. Side characters could be fewer and better developed e.g. Nasa scientists, nanny. On the other hand main roles have made great performance by C.Diaz, F.Lagella and J.Marsden. Very good and powerful idea is wasted owing to poor director's work.
Rated 10 Feb 2010
barthalenBarthalen
Rated 21 Jan 2010
22
11th
Literally everything about this was incompetent. A 30 minute story stretched out to 2 grueling hours, where nothing makes ANY sense and every character makes the most moronic decisions. Sloppy, stupid, unnecessary. And that CGI Cameron Diaz looked creepy as hell. Wait, that was really her? Yikes.
Rated 21 Jan 2010
spunkieSpunkie
Rated 10 Dec 2009
30
15th
The only thing it's good at is being a period piece, technically it really manages to dupe everthing a 70ies scifi does. But this doesn't serve any purpose other than Kelly's longing for the films he saw in his childhood and a bait quotation from Arthur C. Clarke that he honors golden age of scifi. I played along with Southland Tales, but this is simply too much B.S. without any repay.
Rated 10 Dec 2009
stewballStewball
Rated 07 Nov 2009
60
28th
Interesting in places & keeps you wondering, but it leaves a lot of holes and is generally unsatisfying. Side note, Cameron Diaz's character is supposed to be 35, but honesty compels me to report that she doesn't look it even though she is just 37, so I gotta wonder if she's not well or something. BTW, they aren't unhappily married as it says in the summary, they're just not that happy in general. A good premise botched.
Rated 07 Nov 2009
orcunyondemorcunyondem
Rated 10 Aug 2019
12
14th
Oh Richard... I wish I could watch something like Donnie Darko again but instead, I watched this thing for 2 hours. The more you tried to compicate it the more you made it stupid. You had an interesting concept but you wanted to link them with afterlife and creation. Obviously it's about the Bible but why? What all happened was against the deal rules half-faced guy offered too. Also, what the hell was wrong with those actings? It was like 2nd graders end semester show.
Rated 10 Aug 2019
dunbardunbar
Rated 05 Sep 2016
70
44th
It starts decently enough. Then it doesn't know what to do with itself. I do though: I just push a button...
Rated 05 Sep 2016
lumpnboylumpnboy
Rated 26 Jan 2013
55
61st
Starts well, and has some interesting images even as it descends into an incoherence that looks like a combination of on the one hand not knowing how to actually resolve things and on the other simply adding elements to take the film up to feature length.
Rated 26 Jan 2013
djrossdjross
Rated 22 Jan 2013
45
34th
The tense and mysterious first half unravels in the second, as the pace seems to slacken and influences from everywhere pile upon one another in train wreck fashion.
Rated 22 Jan 2013
bofbof
Rated 16 Nov 2011
40
14th
In the end, the story really is just The Monkey's Paw. That's enough for 25 minutes. The rest, Kelly fills with weird symbolic run-arounds, aliens and government conspiracies and Capricorn One and Childhood's End and David Lynch Light and bad CGI and anything he can think of to make the story look far more complicated than it really is, before explaining it all to us in one huge information dump towards the end. Richard Kelly is pessimistic about humanity passing a test; the feeling's mutual.
Rated 16 Nov 2011
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 01 Jun 2011
63
19th
The core idea is worthy only of a Twilight Zone episode to be forgotten by the time the next episode comes on. To try to mask that fact. Kelly makes a sad attempt to flesh it out into an increasingly amorphous pile of drivel populated by mediocre acting and just plain bad ideas. The only non-crappy thing about it is the throwback to 70's fashion, I can dig that.
Rated 01 Jun 2011
xaddictxaddict
Rated 08 Sep 2010
79
82nd
I liked it a lot. It's beautiful visually, exciting in plot and has a few very awkward moments which tense it up quite a lot.
Rated 08 Sep 2010
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 19 Jul 2010
45
36th
All is good when Langella is showing his face, but otherwise this is inhabited by underdeveloped characters that make incredibly stupid decisions. Diaz and Marsden share the romantic chemistry of a monkey mouth raping a frog. It's 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' meets 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' in a short story worth of plot stretched to eternity and drowned in spiritual nonsense. For the brilliant simplicity of the philosophical conundrum, it ends up being extremely overelaborated hokum.
Rated 19 Jul 2010
kasperlKasperL
Rated 03 Jun 2010
55
39th
With its Twilight Zone/X-Files-aspirations, it should have been right up my alley. Unfortunately, you can tell that this was based on a short story. It drags and the payoff doesn't satisfy the expectations built by the decently effective mystery scenes. Also, you have to wonder about the casting. I'll give Diaz credit for trying, Texas accent and all, but for me she was an almost insufferable distraction. Kelly has lost none of his ambition but Darko, sadly, seems more and more like a one-off.
Rated 03 Jun 2010
forehead1forehead1
Rated 28 Mar 2010
40
26th
So obviously adapted from a short story, The Box's main flaw is failing to expand on a flimsy plot and therefore leaving the viewer with an interesting premise that's never truly explored to its full extent. Langella is easily the best thing in it, the special effects job on his face coming at number two. Diaz is okay, Marsden is as wooden as ever, and the mop-haired kid so annoying you wish the film ended with him deviod of all five of his senses.
Rated 28 Mar 2010
heapshakeheapshake
Rated 06 Mar 2010
40
21st
An interesting idea with a great start that turned into an aimless mess
Rated 06 Mar 2010
sophiesophie
Rated 05 Jan 2010
65
47th
I really enjoyed the first half, good atmosphere (I liked the feel of a 70s horror movie). But then the couple begins to find out about the box and that man and it all stops making sense and gets stupid. I was quite shocked to see that THIS is from the same guy as Donnie Darko... Oh and is there a particular reason, it's always the women who push the buttons?! Made me personally a little angry, but hey - it's the 70s, right? D'uh..
Rated 05 Jan 2010
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 12 Dec 2009
71
29th
This would be so much better if it were 35 minutes long. And I don't mean condensed to that length, just cut it off after 35 minutes and you have a rather interesting little morality play with an appropriately vague ending. Instead we get another hour of ridiculously contrived underdeveloped explanation that muddles any interesting ideas and exposes the weak performances. Still can't help but enjoy it a little for how absurd it gets, especially those blatant music cues.
Rated 12 Dec 2009
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 06 Nov 2009
4
13th
Some cool ideas are explored yet never entirely fleshed out. Kelly also seems to be rehashing old material, but it mostly comes off as dull now; I actually found myself laughing most of the time (much to the annoyance of a fellow audience member who seemed to love this unoriginal piece of crap). Although my admiration for 'Donnie Darko' will never fade away, it's fair to say that Kelly is (sadly enough) a one trick pony. Swing and a miss.
Rated 06 Nov 2009
videoetronVideoetron
Rated 16 Oct 2023
59
31st
starts out very intriguing, but it turned into a mushy mixture of whatever toward the end, so that kind of ruined a lot of it
Rated 16 Oct 2023
ericamblerericambler
Rated 09 Jun 2022
66
34th
Don't ask me to tell you what's actually happening here, but its obtuseness - and its very specific mid-70s milieu - is weirdly compelling.
Rated 09 Jun 2022
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 24 May 2021
30
9th
ger; [the Box - du bist das experiment]; ein unglückliches paar bekommt einen knopf mit dem hinweis dass sie jemand töten aber Geld bekommen - wenn sie ihn drücken.; (spannend ohne logik; der zweiten hälfte fehlt bedeutung);
Rated 24 May 2021
badfurdayBadFurDay
Rated 27 Mar 2021
2
5th
Hell is other people's movie recommendations.
Rated 27 Mar 2021
tsvetetsvete
Rated 01 Mar 2019
81
18th
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Rated 01 Mar 2019
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 18 Sep 2017
30
4th
buffratingsbuffratings
Rated 22 Jun 2017
34
10th
While it features an interesting premise, The Box misses the mark and ultimately feels like a rehash of other, better movies.
Rated 22 Jun 2017
icybrianIcyBrian
Rated 30 Oct 2015
59
17th
Well... That wasn't the movie genre I was expecting based on the trailer.
Rated 30 Oct 2015
zipsterZipster
Rated 12 Aug 2014
85
68th
So many strands, details, nuances, features and attributes that even its most intriguing character is hardly as much of a highlight by comparison! Like Kelly's two previous films, he kept me engrossed and fascinated, and for that I'm gratified. When it comes to his output, metaphysical excess might be his strongest point and his biggest threat. By that I mean, The Box is a beautifully shot, richly textured, colorful, dense and unpredictable sci-fi thriller that nobody saw.
Rated 12 Aug 2014
telemecusTelemecus
Rated 26 May 2014
29
27th
Had all the elements of a great sci-fi - but just did not come together. Should be shorter and tighter.
Rated 26 May 2014
pluggedinPluggedIN
Rated 25 Apr 2014
40
35th
For all its ambitious potential, the last thirty minutes spent trapped inside The Box severely disappoints. It's asked its questions. It's played its tricks. And then it self-consciously clears its cinematic throat and moves on to the credits, hoping we won't notice. Can Norma find forgiveness in this life? Obviously not. Will she find it in the next? Who knows. The Box hasn't been programmed to deliver any data on that mystery. (pluggedin.com)
Rated 25 Apr 2014
bentienbentien
Rated 20 Apr 2014
43
20th
Starts out rather well with a spooky atmosphere and a thought-provocing story outline. But halfway through it loses focus and fails to deliver a satisfying conclusion.
Rated 20 Apr 2014
sertifussertifus
Rated 14 Apr 2014
50
0th
Kind-of interesting concept. You are given the choice of pushing a button. Push the button and you receive one million dollars, but one person (that you don't know) dies. A moral quandary. An entire film based on this would have to flesh this story out to be dramatic, interesting and thought-provoking. This film does none of that. Poor writing, poor acting and about halfway through the film it just becomes a hard to follow, unintelligible mess. Unremarkable at best.
Rated 14 Apr 2014
drguildodrguildo
Rated 31 Oct 2013
3
25th
Relies pretty much entirely on twists and turns but due to the poor writing it feels overly contrived and ultimately inconsequential.
Rated 31 Oct 2013
theescapistTheEscapist
Rated 06 Oct 2013
40
2nd
Horrible mess of a film. There's not a whole lot happening and most of what does happen is pointless or boring. The plot doesn't make much sense, the only interesting thing about this film is the premise but it is explored in a very poor way. Would not recommend this to anyone.
Rated 06 Oct 2013
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 04 May 2013
41
21st
Interesting and mildly creepy before Richard Kelly goes all 'Southland Tales' and ultimately leaves a huge mess behind. Diaz struggles.
Rated 04 May 2013
spikycactusSpikyCactus
Rated 26 Jan 2013
70
46th
Top badass moment? Cameron pressing the button. Greedy bitch. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 26 Jan 2013
joojooJooJoo
Rated 08 Jan 2013
3
32nd
You really need a competent writer to develop a short story into feature length status. Richard Kelly is not up to this task.
Rated 08 Jan 2013
judge_holdenJudge Holden
Rated 19 Sep 2012
3
32nd
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Kubrickian stylistic touches. Some of these scenes were straight out of 2001 and Eyes Wide Shut. It's just too bad that Kelly, best known for the highly overrated Donnie Darko,substitutes Kubrick's intellectualism for a thought experiment so pedestrian that it would take up no more than thirty minutes in a introduction to ethics class. It's not surprising, then, that the film abandons this and devolves into preachy moralizing. Partially saved by Langhella.
Rated 19 Sep 2012
damildamil
Rated 22 Aug 2012
45
17th
I kind of liked some ideas it (briefly) explored, but mostly it was just all over the place. I don't dislike Cameron Diaz or James Marsden, but they were not very good in this. I blame the writing. I didn't find the characters or their actions believable at all. The dialogue was largely awful, and some of the score was pretty bad too. I guess it wasn't all terrible, but I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone. I really hope Richard Kelly can redeem himself someday.
Rated 22 Aug 2012
kleaklea
Rated 13 Aug 2012
42
40th
Really like some of the ideas, but rough dialogue and some less than immersive acting didn't help see them through
Rated 13 Aug 2012
stevekimesstevekimes
Rated 01 Apr 2012
80
47th
A great idea for a half hour or so. But the film is longer than that.
Rated 01 Apr 2012
maartenmaarten
Rated 17 Feb 2012
70
75th
In all its weirdness, this film thrives as Langella's wonderful performance gets him past the objections you might have against the... strange plot. Works quite well as a thriller and is a decent sci-fi movie, but it leans heavily on one actor and the soundtrack to lift it above mediocrity.
Rated 17 Feb 2012
reeseReese
Rated 24 Jan 2012
69
24th
thought provoking
Rated 24 Jan 2012
myfavchordsmyfavchords
Rated 14 Dec 2011
30
2nd
The premise makes a good Twilight Zone episode but a horrible movie. Skip this movie and watch Donnie Darko instead.
Rated 14 Dec 2011
jlgrauperajlgraupera
Rated 06 Dec 2011
40
12th
Vaya estupidez de película!
Rated 06 Dec 2011
ktelgektelge
Rated 28 Nov 2011
30
15th
Great concept for a movie, but lost it's way about midway through.
Rated 28 Nov 2011
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 07 Nov 2011
20
3rd
Watching the trailer might give you the illusion that this is a cool movie. Once you actually start watching it you find out pretty fast that it's slow, edited poorly, makes little sense, and pretty boring.
Rated 07 Nov 2011
bingbing
Rated 04 Oct 2011
30
3rd
Disjointed, clumsy nonsense from a writer-director who needs to put down his pen and try a new job.
Rated 04 Oct 2011
thegreyfoxthegreyfox
Rated 11 Sep 2011
25
5th
What a hideous mess. What could have been a great film exploring an interesting moral dilemma ( akin to 'Indecent Proposal' ) ended up as some half-baked sci-fi, zombie B movie. I have no idea what was going on, but in truth, I really dont care. Frank Langella was great, as always, and yet even he could not salvage this disaster
Rated 11 Sep 2011
glmglm
Rated 01 Sep 2011
41
7th
41.250
Rated 01 Sep 2011
sebbysebby
Rated 13 Aug 2011
20
2nd
With each subsequent disaster, it becomes clearer and clearer that Richard Kelley struck the kind of gold with Donnie Darko that he will never again approach. The Box is ripe with poor acting, editing, and story development. The premise is intriguing, but it doesn't deliver on any expectations you might have going in.
Rated 13 Aug 2011
lamb_duhlamb-duh
Rated 10 Aug 2011
40
4th
I watched this after hearing it was based on a Richard Matheson short story. It made a good short story. It did NOT make a good two hour movie.
Rated 10 Aug 2011
nothingsgoodNothingsGood
Rated 09 Jun 2011
30
21st
Richard Kelly's attempts at Hitchcockian horror fall drastically short of even his most mediocre work. While The Box examines some intriguing themes and presents them in ways far more unique and creative than his befuddling Southland Tales, The Box ultimately gets lost in itself as Kelly's vision interferes with his storytelling. Also, Diaz and Marsden are terribly miscast, only salvaged by Frank Langella's beautiful peculiarity.
Rated 09 Jun 2011
micahmicah
Rated 30 Apr 2011
58
30th
A weird little film that generally fails, but is at least ambitious in its attempt to try something new.
Rated 30 Apr 2011
mennowomennowo
Rated 02 Apr 2011
78
64th
Interesting movie, that poses question about cause, effect, and responsibility. Nice in how not all answers are spelled out before you.
Rated 02 Apr 2011
mubearMubear
Rated 05 Mar 2011
80
62nd
It doesn't always make sense, but like all Richard Kelly's films it is weirdly appealing and visually interesting. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't liked Donnie Darko AND Southland Tales.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
macabmacab
Rated 16 Feb 2011
72
61st
Wollte zuviel aber schafft zu wenig, wird gegen Ende immer absurder, hat aber durchaus starke Szenen.
Rated 16 Feb 2011
mistersplicemistersplice
Rated 17 Jan 2011
45
20th
+ might want to skip this one
Rated 17 Jan 2011
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 04 Jan 2011
50
47th
The Box isn't a great film, but it isn't terrible either. It has some good moments, and it is, for the most part, entertaining. It does run a bit too long, having plot points that don't matter, but the concept is intriguing, to say the least. The main villain is really fun to watch, but the rest of the characters are quite odd. It's not a great watch, but it's a film that can be entertaining enough to warrant one.
Rated 04 Jan 2011
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 30 Dec 2010
30
78th
"Though his narrative's morality-play suspense and Bernard Herrmann-esque score recall Hitchcock, Kelly seems to have selected the '70s so that he can fully channel early-years Steven Spielberg." - Nick Schager
Rated 30 Dec 2010
armondwhiteArmondWhite
Rated 24 Dec 2010
1
0th
Kelly, king of dumbed-down nihilism, takes a short Twilight Zone TV episode, "Button, Button," and extends it unendurably...
Rated 24 Dec 2010
ninav74ninav74
Rated 22 Dec 2010
50
10th
A disappointing film by the makers of the brilliant Donnie Darko.
Rated 22 Dec 2010
andaghandagh
Rated 03 Dec 2010
20
4th
This was a shocking movie. Richard Kelly is an idiot trying to be David Lynch.
Rated 03 Dec 2010
merymery
Rated 23 Nov 2010
80
59th
Slow moving movie that makes you think about what if. A couple is faced with a choice that has consequences if the wrong choice is made. Interesting to see Carmeron Diaz without any glamour but she seems to lose her Virginian accent towards the end of the movie. Kept me interested with the Science Fiction aspect.
Rated 23 Nov 2010
mauldin8302mauldin8302
Rated 15 Nov 2010
74
20th
This is one of those movies that you either love or hate, and I can't make up my mind which platform to stand on. The philosophical, pseudo-religious, and moral dilemmas are nearly too many to count. There is everything from zombie cults to Jean-Paul Sartre to Shel Silverstein. This movie could have been profound and entertaining if Richard Kelly would have shown some restraint. Instead most people just get bored, and others are left confused, which could be just what he was going for.
Rated 15 Nov 2010
kingjohnbbqKingjohnbbq
Rated 31 Oct 2010
78
31st
The concept and the evil character were enticing and great. Cameron diaz shouldn't have been cast though.
Rated 31 Oct 2010
wicheWiche
Rated 18 Oct 2010
65
48th
I disliked the first part of the movie, because it felt like never starting. Next to that I absolutely hated Cameron Diaz. I still gave a 72 because I find the plot incredibly intruiging. I kept on waiting for the full explanation of this film which is filled with moral dillemas, but it never came.
Rated 18 Oct 2010
nandorizzinandorizzi
Rated 27 Sep 2010
45
31st
The interesting premise yields an efficient and tense beginning, but then, the explanations are bizarre, and ruins the entire movie.
Rated 27 Sep 2010
martrynmartryn
Rated 10 Sep 2010
56
21st
Some pretty shitty sci-fi right here. I didn't think this movie had that much potential, but upon seeing it, I had still had some expectation for it and was summarily disappointed.
Rated 10 Sep 2010
keysercomp08keysercomp08
Rated 27 Aug 2010
25
0th
Don't waste your time or money going to see The Box because you will leave feeling confused and unsatisfied. When husband and wife receive a mysterious box on their driveway, they find out that if they press the button on it, they will receive money yet someone will die. The acting is not convincing to the viewer and the plot is simply bizarre. There is no purpose to the story and instead of being scary or eventful, the movie is simply confusing.
Rated 27 Aug 2010
tlamiczkatlamiczka
Rated 24 Aug 2010
39
7th
Pomerne velke zklamani. Atmosfera a zakladni napad s krabickou je fajn, ale Cameron Diaz tu hraje otresne a moralni dilemata co tu hrdinove resi jsou nejasne snad jen totalni sociopatovi (aneb vsechny charaktery ve filmu jsou hamizne svine, ktere by mely pochcipat :-) )
Rated 24 Aug 2010
myfajahas400myfajahas400
Rated 18 Aug 2010
17
2nd
Good idea, but not a movie idea.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 08 Aug 2010
35
38th
#10#, hype, story, (dir/writer Kelly), Cameron D!
Rated 08 Aug 2010
duderDuder
Rated 28 Jul 2010
45
6th
Well the atmosphere (mind fuck ftw) was ok until the end of the 2nd act but then it just started getting stupider and stupider and when the plot was explained, it was all plain dumb. Shame, had good potential but the worst part is the decline of Kelly's career..
Rated 28 Jul 2010
irvinejumpirvinejump
Rated 13 Jul 2010
40
25th
An great episode of the twilight zone gets remade into a so so movie
Rated 13 Jul 2010
kavuKavu
Rated 08 Jun 2010
63
35th
Kelly extends a great short story to a mediocre screenplay, but directs as well as always. The cast does a great job apart from Diaz's horrid accent.
Rated 08 Jun 2010
jamesdepaolojamesdepaolo
Rated 07 Jun 2010
22
17th
the premise was good..the director was a one trick pony...the movie is such a missed opportunity. Richard Kelly tries so hard to make the public think while watching the movie but this movie has some twists and turns that are beyond thinking and just plain silly
Rated 07 Jun 2010
rdub384rdub384
Rated 30 May 2010
6
4th
When I first heard the premise of the box it sounded like it was a cool idea... unfortunately it was awful
Rated 30 May 2010
spanksSpanks
Rated 20 May 2010
50
39th
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/44b3d8f432/the-button
Rated 20 May 2010
spokowapSpokoWap
Rated 09 May 2010
49
16th
Ponizj oczekiwan, przecietnie zagrane i nieco meczace.
Rated 09 May 2010
mini_tMini-T
Rated 02 May 2010
75
11th
The concept of the movie is great, and the trailer looked promising. Frank Langella was good, and also liked the first part of the movie. But then I was waiting for the explaining part of the movie, but it didn't quite came for me. It was confusing at times (keep in mind I watched it in bad quality). Richard Kelly tried to have as much succes as with Donnie Darko, but he failed.
Rated 02 May 2010
td888td888
Rated 27 Apr 2010
40
28th
Fell asleep halfway. Managed to sit it out second time. Still have this idea this film will age very well. It has some quirky feeling and cinematography.
Rated 27 Apr 2010
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 02 Apr 2010
62
53rd
Ric Kelly's The Box is a messy and ambitious sci-fi entry and a decent PG-13 thriller, not that bad. But I'm sure Kelly will never match what he accomplished with Donnie Darko.
Rated 02 Apr 2010
burnmp3sburnmp3s
Rated 28 Mar 2010
34
12th
Knowing the short story, I expected some moral dilemma drama, and having seen Kelly's earlier films I expected some sci-fi wackiness. It delivered on both points, but that all adds up to a disappointing film. The stylish and unexplained aspects of Kelly's previous work are mostly replaced by serious period drama and a predicable plot twists in this. Cameron Diaz spends the whole film looking like she's about to cry, and James Marsden is the definition of bland. Overall not much to recommend.
Rated 28 Mar 2010
jack_parsonsjack parsons
Rated 27 Mar 2010
7
41st
I played along, and it was fun.
Rated 27 Mar 2010
edkrakedkrak
Rated 26 Mar 2010
90
95th
After Southland Tales I almost gave up on Kelly, but this time he got it right. Not only that, he finally made film that makes sense. I don't know what's so messy for most of the reviewers here - it's just a thriller mixed with typical conspiracy theory about aliens.
Rated 26 Mar 2010
helfen419helfen419
Rated 22 Mar 2010
1
0th
They took a great short story and raped/pillaged it.
Rated 22 Mar 2010
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 20 Mar 2010
20
13th
Bad Movie
Rated 20 Mar 2010
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 19 Mar 2010
50
33rd
It feels like a prolonged Twilight Zone episode, and would probably have worked well, if it had a running time as such. As a full length movie the plot seems too contrived while the whole thing plays out too subtle not leaving any room for real suspence. Two redeeming factors are Langelia's face and the fact that the characters react quite realistic instead of just jumping in head first, like they easily could have, in a movie like this.
Rated 19 Mar 2010
kgbelliveaukgbelliveau
Rated 11 Mar 2010
55
7th
The early part of the film is what got 50 points out of me, the last 90 or so minutes was a bore fest beyond belief. Some guy who got struck by lightning now has three gateways to decide your fate in a public library. I feel like a 55 is being generous, these characters seemed forced and out of place. The moral story was lost when they began the play on the employee affect and the whole supernatural aspect. I jst couldnt buy into this story after about 20 mins. It should have stayed simple.
Rated 11 Mar 2010
adrianavbadrianavb
Rated 10 Mar 2010
45
34th
This movie is a weird journey to the deepest place on your brain, where imagination has never seen the light of a new day.
Rated 10 Mar 2010

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