The Box

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5,6/10

96 k

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A young couple is gifted with a mysterious box that promises them a handsome windfall with deadly consequences.

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Une petite boîte en bois arrive sur le pas de la porte d'un couple marié, le couple sait qu'en l'ouvrant, ils obtiendront un million de dollars mais viendront tuer quelqu'un qu'ils ne connai... Tout lireUne petite boîte en bois arrive sur le pas de la porte d'un couple marié, le couple sait qu'en l'ouvrant, ils obtiendront un million de dollars mais viendront tuer quelqu'un qu'ils ne connaissent pas.Une petite boîte en bois arrive sur le pas de la porte d'un couple marié, le couple sait qu'en l'ouvrant, ils obtiendront un million de dollars mais viendront tuer quelqu'un qu'ils ne connaissent pas.

Réalisation
- Richard Kelly
Scénario
- Richard Kelly
- Richard Matheson
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

5,6/10

96 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Richard Kelly
Scénario
- Richard Kelly
- Richard Matheson
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 6 nominations au total

Anecdotes
The main characters, Norma Lewis and Arthur Lewis, were based on director Richard Kelly's parents. His mother also suffered a crippled foot after an X-Ray mishap; his father worked for NASA and co-designed the camera used on the Viking Mars Landers (as in the movie).

Gaffes
911 emergency services weren't available in Richmond, VA, in 1976.

Citations
Martin Teague: Sir? If you don't mind my asking... why a box?
Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work in it. You drive home in it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your soul, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Whereupon it is placed in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.
Martin Teague: It's quite depressing, if you think of it that way.
Arlington Steward: Don't think of it that way... think of it as a temporary state of being.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Men Who Stare at Goats/The Fourth Kind/The Box/A Christmas Carol (2009)

Bandes originales
Light in Your Eyes
Written by Stephan Sechi (as Stephan M. Sechi)
Performed by Stephan Sechi
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

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8/10

I liked it.....

After I heard how terrible this film was, I really wasn't expecting much. I almost didn't even rent it, but I am glad I did. I love Donnie Darko and I think with The Box, Kelly has gone back to the Darko style of writing and directing. I am not sure why it received so many bad reviews, maybe because like Donnie Darko it was too cerebral for the mainstream. It's not a movie you can do three things and watch, you have to pay attention to the little details. I do feel there are missing pieces that weren't explained, but that could be the way the film was edited and may come out later in a directors cut edition, or it could be Kelly's way of keeping the audience guessing. I can see how this movie wouldn't appeal to the masses, especially since it is a cautionary tale of morals and ethics, but if you liked Donnie Darko, you will probably enjoy The Box. I can see this having a cult following like Donnie Darko.

Also I am not a Cameron Diaz fan, but I think she did a great job. I had heard awful things about her performance in this, but in my opinion this was one of her better roles.