The Others Movie Review 2001

Twisting Gothic haunt-fest centers on Grace (Kidman) and her two children Anne (Mann) and Nicholas (Bentley), living in a mansion on Britain's remote Isle of Jersey. She waits for her husband's return from WWII, although she fears he may be dead. After her servants disappear in the middle of the night, she's surprised when a trio of domestics show up, claiming to have worked in the house before. They're hired on the spot, but the help soon discovers why their predecessors took off. Grace is demanding and high-strung to the point of mania. Because of rare allergies, the kids must be kept out of the sunlight. Maybe the solitude is preying on Grace's mind, maybe she's crazy, or maybe their house is haunted. Kidman is at her chilly best as the audience is kept guessing.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1940s, Creepy Houses, Childhood Visions, Sanity Check, Island Fare, The Help: Female, Parenthood, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Supernatural Horror

Screenplay

Alejandro Amenabar

Cast

Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sykes, Renee Asherson

Cinematography

Javier Aguirresarobe

Director

Alejandro Amenabar

Music

Alejandro Amenabar

Other

Nacho Ruiz Capillas, Benjamin Fernandez, Sonia Grande

Producer

Fernando Bovaira, Jose Luis Cuerda, Park Sunmin, Miramax Films, Cruise-Wagner Productions, Sogecine, Producciones del Escorpion, Dimension Films