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The Box (2009)
Directed by Richard Kelly
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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
Cameron Diaz | James Marsden | Frank Langella | James Rebhorn | Holmes Osborne | Sam Oz Stone | Gillian Jacobs | Celia Weston | Lisa K. Wyatt | Mark S. Cartier | Kevin Robertson | Michele Durrett | Ian Kahn | John Magaro | Ryan Woodle | Basil Hoffman | Robert Harvey | Gentry Lee | Andrew Levitas | Gabriel Field | Frank Ridley | Daniel Stewart Sherman | Matthew C. Flynn | Patrick Canty | Sam Blumenfeld | Kevin DeCoste | Mary Klug | Allyssa Brooke | Danielle Heaton | Michael Zegen | Rachael Hunt | Cheryl McMahon | Evelina Turen | Bill Buell | Paul Marini | Donald Warnock | W. Kirk Avery | Don Hewitt Jr. | Floyd Richardson | David R. McDonough | Rick L'Heureux | Nick Cairis | Robert Denton | Paul Locke | Danny DeMiller | Jenna Lamia | Winstead Barnes | Greg Berney | Jodie Brunelle | Danny Carney | Danny Connelly | William Conrad | John Curie | John E. Daniel | Paige Flannery | Keith Fluker | Steve Flynn | John Franchi | Jay Gates | Patrick Mel Hayes | Benjamin Healy | Mark Hetherington | Steven Howitt | Jessica Knight | Jon Korzeniowski | Sal Lizard | Tina Mann | CJ McBath | Alex Milne | Jason Mulcahy | Roxanne Nichols | Ed O'Keefe | Richard Pacheco | Greg Paul | Dan Perrault | Drew Rose | Coley Speaks | Vyvian B. Stevens | Franz Strassmann | David Struffolino | Marc Vos | Jamie Christopher White | Deborah Rush
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/23/2010 | N/A | DVD | N/A | 3 stars |
| (Average) 3 stars |
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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