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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 27 Aug 2010

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,…

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By Mark Caro (265) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 14 Sep 2009

A classic haunted-house story enshrouded in fog and steeped in portentous atmosphere…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 Jun 2009

The Others is great as a collection of acknowledgments, but a ghost story made of a bunch of ghoulish thank-yous isn't that haunting…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 09 May 2009

The big surprise is so obvious that it makes the deliberate pacing seem painfully slow, and Kidman's prissy accent and tight-lipped performance…

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By Felix Vasquez Jr. (1,949) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 28 Apr 2009

A downbeat and brutally effective mystery…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 30 May 2008

Isn't much more than a proficient gothic mystery with a final twist that offers a satisfying little frisson before you start counting how many…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 03 Apr 2008

A minor-key ghost story with major jolts…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Jul 2007

Nicole Kidman's brilliant turn dominates this sumptuously made supernatural thriller, which sustains creepy tension without relying on gory…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Mar 2006

In drawing out his effects, Amenabar is a little too confident that style can substitute for substance…

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By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 04 Jan 2006

The Others, like its popular predecessors The Sixth Sense and The Usual Suspects, keeps us (here, literally) in the dark for the entire movie…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 19 Nov 2005

An elegantly crafted entertainment, balanced between the psychological and the supernatural, that gets extra credit for not relying on computer…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

The ending is rather predictable, but the rest of the film is very skillfully wrought, with excellent performances by adults and children alike…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 15 Apr 2003

This is a subdued and sometimes subtle exercise in ghostly doings, going against the horror-movie grain by relying on quietude and understatement…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 04 Apr 2003

In this elegantly crafted, chillingly effective tale, [everything] is significant. Nothing in the writing or directing is left to chance…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 29 Mar 2003

Kidman gets kudos for giving the enterprise a touch of class, while the film gives the studio's library a rare pedigreed addition…

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By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 19 Mar 2003

For every dozen slasher films, there is one genuinely innovative and hair-raising horror film that dares to take chances and force you to rely…

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By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

The final reel of The Others is reasonably captivating, but the 85 minutes that come before it are mostly just dull and atmospheric…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 21 Dec 2002

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…

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By Josh Gilchrist (44) for Billings Outpost (Montana) (29) on 26 Nov 2002

Like a stranger following in the blackness of twilight, The Others creeps up on an audience when they least expect it and leaves them breathless…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for New Times (L.A.) (313) on 05 Nov 2002

If you like being scared, you should have fun. Bring a date to hold hands with…

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