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The Gift (2000)

December. 22,2000
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Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

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HeadlinesExotic
2000/12/22

Boring

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FuzzyTagz
2000/12/23

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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CrawlerChunky
2000/12/24

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Mandeep Tyson
2000/12/25

The acting in this movie is really good.

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adonis98-743-186503
2000/12/26

A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared. The Gift is not one of Sam Raimi's all time best movies but it's still a very entertaining one with a very talented cast such as Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, J.K. Simmons and Rosemary Harris and i gotta say it was pretty good what he did with some actors here especially Harris and Simmons since he cast them again in 3 more movies later on as Aunt May and Jonah Jameson in The Spider-Man Trilogy. It does have some small issues like some over the top sequences or even scenes with certain characters but as far as acting, direction and script goes the film does deliver a lot!!

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cinswan
2000/12/27

I can say from my experience as a psychic that Billy Bob Thornton makes the psychic's life believably real – and Sam Raimi's directing along with Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Annie Wilson come together to seal the deal. Blanchett brings to Wilson's character understated grace and humility. When put in the position of having to use her gift to bring the murder of a local young woman (Katie Holmes) to the authorities' attention she reveals the burden of The Gift. It's a double entendre and cautionary tale wrapped in a two word title.Hilary Swank's portrayal of Valerie Barksdale, a battered wife who seeks Wilson's aid is familiar to anyone who has witnessed spousal abuse. She captures that inexplicable dichotomy of the abused's recognition of her dire situation: she loves him, fears him, yet fears being alone even more. What Keanu Reeves (Donnie Barksdale) brings to the role a quality that some have said he doesn't achieve as an actor: realism. I have known a man like this and have no reason to ever know one again. There is nothing for me to learn on that road, yet I know others who have yet to learn that soul-sucking lesson. Reeves' evocation of anger, disdain, bullying and taunting all mistaken for indisputable power is true to the abuser's persona. What he tapped into when bringing this character to life is neither affectation nor caricature. The role reveals an unparalleled collaboration between him, Sam Raimi, and Billy Bob Thornton to be nakedly honest about cruelty. Reeves' interaction with Giovanni Ribisi in his role as Buddy Cole, another client of Wilson's who challenges Donnie Barksdale to shoot him, is particularly chilling. Anyone who has ever dealt with spousal abuse, regardless of what one thinks about psychic abilities, needs to see this movie.The plot twists in predictable yet also surprising directions. What transpires will raise questions about reality as we know it, and how life isn't as certain as we might want to believe it is. Even psychic Annie Wilson learns from the ever-skeptical sheriff (J.K. Simmons) that what she thought was real was real – but in a different, inexplicable way. Isabeau Vollhardt, author, The Casebook of Elisha Grey

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SnoopyStyle
2000/12/28

Jessica King (Katie Holmes), the fiancée of Wayne Collins (Greg Kinnear), has gone missing. Annabelle Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is the local psychic who has visions of Jessica King. Following her advise, Sheriff Pearl Johnson (J.K. Simmons) dredges the swamp and finds Jessica's body. Donnie Barksdale (Keanu Reeves) is jailed for the murder. However, Annabelle keeps getting visions. There's more to the murder.Director Sam Raimi has teamed up with Billy Bob Thornton once again and this time as a writer. Cate Blanchett is terrific. There is an overload of big time actors. I almost wish that some of the lesser roles get played by smaller unknown actors. When it's overloaded like this, the movie can feel very Hollywood. However Blanchett never once feels fake in any way. She becomes the character with ease.

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kaysild
2000/12/29

Great movie, was well acted well directed well written and everything flowed perfectly. Sometimes in movies I get anxious and aggravated bc I'm like OMG why are you doing that!!! It drives me freakin crazy the stupid things people do in movies and I just can not relate to them! That was NOT the case in this movie tho. Except for Hilary swank of course lol, did stupid things i mean, but she really played her role great too, it was funny seeing her like that, but cate blanchett did an amazing performance! She really rocked hers! I mean if she didn't win an award for this role she definitely should have. Only one thing I will say, while it was great and interesting she played off the psychic thing so well that it wasn't creepy it just seemed believable and normal. Idk if that's a good thing or not because I wasn't scared, but I was intrigued and on edge of my seat the whole time. If you want an all around great involved movie well after by everyone in it then this is for you. I think anyone would enjoy this actually, I can't see why anyone would have anything negative besides it could've been a little more scary but it made up for that by being so well ended. Definitely recommend and give 9stars!

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