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Seen on: 01/23/2010

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The Box (2009)

Directed by Richard Kelly

Science Fiction

Most recently watched by noahphex

Overview

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

Rated PG-13 | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Holmes Osborne | Celia Weston | Cameron Diaz | Frank Langella | James Rebhorn | James Marsden | William Conrad | John Magaro | Lisa K. Wyatt | Frank Ridley | Robert Harvey | Bill Buell | Michael Zegen | Basil Hoffman | Gillian Jacobs | Jenna Lamia | Andrew Levitas | Ryan Woodle | Daniel Stewart Sherman | Sam Oz Stone | Jason Mulcahy | John Franchi | Mary Klug | Coley Speaks | Michele Durrett | Sal Lizard | Greg Paul | Ian Kahn | Allyssa Brooke | Cheryl McMahon | Evelina Turen | Paul Marini | Mark S. Cartier | Don Hewitt Jr. | Paige Flannery | Dan Perrault | Richard Pacheco | Danny DeMiller | Danny Connelly | Keith Fluker | Kevin DeCoste | Kevin Robertson | Patrick Canty | Mark Hetherington | Donald Warnock | Greg Berney | Nick Cairis | W. Kirk Avery | Ed O'Keefe | Alex Milne | Gentry Lee | Danielle Heaton | Sam Blumenfeld | Patrick Mel Hayes | Matthew C. Flynn | Gabriel Field | Rachael Hunt | Floyd Richardson | David R. McDonough | Rick L'Heureux | Robert Denton | Paul Locke | Winstead Barnes | Marie Brandt | Jodie Brunelle | Danny Carney | John Curie | John E. Daniel | Steve Flynn | Jay Gates | Benjamin Healy | Steven Howitt | Jessica Knight | Jon Korzeniowski | Tina Mann | CJ McBath | Roxanne Nichols | Drew Rose | Vyvian B. Stevens | Franz Strassmann | David Struffolino | Marc Vos | Jamie Christopher White

Viewing Notes

Love Donnie Darko and am just plain confused by Southland Tales, but also don’t just outright hate it. I’m also a huge Richard Matheson fan and his original story “Button, Button” is a classic Twilight Zone episode.

Kelly takes that story and expands upon it. The stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella seem to gel well in the movie. My love of the storyline really had me into the movie. It was nice seeing Kelly tackle something without it being to grandiose, for a change. Sure, there’s some connection to the Mars landers and NASA and then some “Water Coffin Triptychs” but all in all the movie worked for me. I thought it paced well and I liked how everything played out.

It’s not a Darko, but for me it was better than Southland Tales and showed me that Kelly has a route back to doing something truly amazing.

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