The Others (2001)
A devout woman (Nicole Kidman) with two sunlight-sensitive children believes ghosts inhabit her darkened island mansion. Then the arrival of hired servants accidentally begins to break religious rules there with unexpected consequences.
31 December 1979, Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland
6 September 1939, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
16 February 1964, Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
10 December 1941, Dublin, Ireland
4 May 1923, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
1 August 1990, Surrey, England, UK
19 May 1915, Kensington, London, England, UK
August 13, 2016
... a handsome, elegant film that favors mystery and shadow and the hushed fear of what's behind that locked door over violent spectacle.
December 28, 2010
Good but creepy; may be too intense for some.
August 14, 2001
A tantalizing spine-tingler.
July 14, 2008
The Others is a modern horror film with an old-fashioned touch, relying on suggestion and suspense to generate fear.
August 10, 2001
Mr. Serling would be pleased.
August 17, 2001
I saw the ending a mile away and couldn't have jumped higher.
August 10, 2001
Bumpy at first, with a few too many clichés and an awful lot of doors opening and closing. But by its final image -- a beautifully fading portrait through a window -- I was swept in.
August 14, 2001
It's atmospheric, stylish, and spooky. The plot is well thought-out and its secrets and mysteries are unveiled slowly. Unfortunately, it is also cold, distancing, and moves at a glacial pace.
February 08, 2014
It's obvious that Amenábar is trying to subtly build layers of ghostly tension, but man, till it nears the climax, this movie crawls.
March 22, 2002
A welcome change of pace from most contemporary scary stories, where the shocks come with all the subtlety of flashers jumping out of park bushes.
April 29, 2009
A downbeat and brutally effective mystery...
