The Gift
March 31st 2010 10:19
Cate Blanchett steals the show in this haunting thriller about Anne Wilson, a compassionate intriguing woman with extra sensory perception. She sees the future, yes and dead people.
In a mix of psychotic characters blended into one town, you've got the wife beater, the junkie looking wife who can't live without him, the widow, the slut, the successful man, and the mental patient all rolled into one town. It's so intriguing and twisted and even has an unexpected ending thrown into the works. There's an array of familiar faces including, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes and Giovanni Ribisi to name a few, but it's Cate who pulls the film together and makes it well worth watching.
Basically Anne Wilson has a 'gift'. She sees visions of things that are going to happen. Her husband died in an explosion at his work so she's left to bring up her three sons and survives off social security money and telling people their fortunes using cards with little symbols on them.
Suddenly there is a death in the town and Mrs Wilson is called upon to help the police determine the murderer using her psychic ability as a last resort. It leads her on a dangerous path. The wife beater played by Keanu Reeves becomes the number one suspect after the body is found in a pond at his home and he is consequently sent to jail after his violent history is revealed. Mrs Wilson continues to see visions of the victim, Katie Holmes, and knows the case is far from over and the wrong man has been sent to prison and the killer is still out there...
If you haven't seen The Gift, grab it on DVD, in my opinion you won't be disappointed.
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Comment by Journeywoman
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I was kind of sad with Katie Holmes' sell-out in this movie though, I thought she was too classy to do topless scenes, and they were really creepy ones too!
Good review.