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
- James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne
- Director(s)
- Richard Kelly
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros.
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 116 min.
Critic Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
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
Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites
What a shame that Kelly's pacing doesn't run as fast as his imagination. Instead of sweeping you along, The Box just sits there like something unclaimed at lost and found. Damaged goods.Read the full review
Variety | Jordan MintzerAdd Critic to Favorites
Kelly's trademark mix of sci-fi, surrealism and suburbia occasionally entertains.Read the full review
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'Darko' director's 'Box' is dull
11/06/09 The movies of Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) are an acquired taste. | JAM! Showbiz -
Film: Review:The Box
11/06/09 A couple has 24 hours to choose whether to press a button and consequently kill someone they do not know in exchange for $1 million. | The A.V. Club -
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 -
Disney's ‘Carol’ rings in at box office
11/05/09 Charles Dickens' classic holiday tale "A Christmas Carol" takes on added dimension this weekend as the widest 3D release of the digital age. | Variety -
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 -
The Box
10/28/09 Pushing a few of the right buttons and plenty of the wrong ones, "The Box" reps a dicey mainstream effort by enfant terrible Richard Kelly following the doomed exploits of 2006's "Southland Tales." | Variety