The Gift (2000) Critic Reviews

When movie lovers are looking back on the best of 2001, they will still be marveling at the beauty, intelligence and seemingly effortless mastery of Ms. Blanchett's performance.Read the full review

The Gift delivers the lurid goods as a scary, sexy, twist-a-minute whodunit.Read the full review

A solidly crafted, suspensefully written, powerfully acted little juggernaut.Read the full review

Ingenious in its plotting, colorful in its characters, taut in its direction and fortunate in possessing Cate Blanchett.Read the full review

It's got the pleasing proportions of a stocking stuffed with agreeable little treats in the absence of an exciting big surprise.Read the full review

Overly familiar material, even well done, cannot be made more intrinsically interesting than it is. Not even by Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves.Read the full review

A good, old-fashioned suspenser.Read the full review

Tolerance for this movie will likely depend on tolerance for melodramatic, over-the-top finales, especially ones with otherworldly twists.Read the full review

The picture is saved from mediocrity by Mr. Raimi's smooth competence, and by the unusually high quality of the acting.Read the full review