The Box (2009)
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- Synopsis
- Screen siren Cameron Diaz and former X-Man James Marsden star in the supernatural horror picture The Box (2008), directed by Donnie Darko cult fave Richard Kelly....
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- Starring
- Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne
- Director(s)
- Richard Kelly
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros.
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 114 min.
Critic Reviews
This movie kept me involved and intrigued, and for that I'm grateful. I'm beginning to wonder whether, in some situations, absurdity might not be a strength.Read the full review
Whenever The Box threatens to crash, Kelly summons up another haunting image or heartfelt, albeit thin, moral inquiry. It’s an unwieldy, ambitious, one-of-a-kind film waiting for a cult to find it.Read the full review
The Box is the work of a visionary flirting with commercialism after having so grandly flouted it with “Southland Tales.’’ He doesn’t give in completely. Several trips to the megaplex might be required for The Box to make complete sense.Read the full review
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Headlines
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Richard Kelly Finds His 'Box,' Matt Damon Becomes 'The Informant' And More, In The DVD Report For 2/23
02/23/10 Director Richard Kelly 's had a wild ride in Hollywood. | MTV Movies Blog -
'Darko' director's 'Box' is dull
11/06/09 The movies of Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) are an acquired taste. | JAM! Showbiz -
Mr. Beaks And Richard Kelly Rummage Through THE BOX!
11/05/09 When I chatted with Richard Kelly several months ago , I walked away with the impression that THE BOX was going to be a smart, but largely conventional suspense flick based on Richard Matheson's super-short story "Button, Button". | Ain't It Cool News -
Button pressed for money
11/05/09 If the premise of "The Box" sounds like it would make a dandy half-hour TV show, rest assured that this Richard Matheson story has already served as a most likely more entertaining 1985 episode of the "Twilight Zone" reboot. | New York Post - New York NY -
Review: The Box is Hilarious—But Doesn't Mean to Be (Hi, Cameron Diaz!)
11/05/09 This preposterous Cameron Diaz thriller offers a promising premise: a mysterious box bestows riches in exchange for killing a stranger. | E! Online -
'Christmas Carol' looks to top boxoffice
11/05/09 The holiday season starts early this weekend, as Disney unspools Robert Zemeckis' 3D animated feature "A Christmas Carol." | The Hollywood Reporter -
Pushing Richard Kelly's Buttons
11/05/09 When "Donnie Darko," writer-director Richard Kelly's ominous sci-fi tale of teen angst, premiered at Sundance in 2001, its oddball ambitiousness was generally dismissed. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
Thinking Outside the Box
11/02/09 A week loaded with oh-so-worthy awards season contenders is offset with the comic relief of Jim Carrey's performance captured flailing, George Clooney's self-deluded staring, and the teasing promise of an affordable(!) trip to the ballet. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
Stewart Till finalizes Icon Group deal
11/01/09 Stewart Till, the former CEO of United International Pictures and a previous U.K. Film Council chairman, has dotted the i's and crossed the t's on a long-gestating deal to buy the U.K. operations of the L.A.-based Icon Group. | The Hollywood Reporter -
One final screening for Chicago next week! Capone has details on how to win passes to Richard Kelly's THE BOX!!!
10/30/09 I first met Richard Kelly when he came through Chicago with his Director's Cut of DONNIE DARKO, after which he did an intimate Q&A at a theater in the city known as Facets Cinematheque, not a venue that does a lot of these kind of screenings, but one of the finest venues to see rarely screened work nonetheless. | Ain't It Cool News
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