The Others (2001) Critic Reviews

A luxuriously old-fashioned star vehicle custom-fit to its topliner's strengths, which come across to sensational effect.Read the full review

Though Kidman doesn't hesitate to make Grace high-strung and as tightly wound as they come, she also projects vulnerability and courage when they're called for. It's an intense, involving performance, and it dominates and energizes a film that would be lost without it.Read the full review

Only some bumpy, arid passages in the script keep The Others out of the master class occupied by the likes of "The Sixth Sense" and, my favorite, 1961's "The Innocents."Read the full review

It's the atmospheric sideshow that earns the highest marks.Read the full review

A tantalizing spine-tingler.Read the full review

A minor-key ghost story with major jolts.Read the full review

You can't take your eyes off Ms. Kidman; she has never played a role with more focused energy.Read the full review

The gimmicks, in the end, are too arbitrary to tie together in a memorably haunting fashion, though they do culminate in a Big Twist, a nifty one that almost -- but not quite -- makes you want to see the movie again.Read the full review

The icy reserve that sometimes stands in the way of Kidman's expressive gifts here becomes the foundation of her most emotionally layered performance to date.Read the full review