Review of The Others (2001) by Mouhannad S — 24 Jan 2011

A good ghost story.

"The Others" How do you describe a film enough to keep everyone interested and without telling to many details that will reveal too much and destroy it for others? Strange question to start a review with and yet and essential one when beginning to talk about this film.

All I will say is that the film is about Grace(Nicole Kidman) who lives with her 2 children, Anne(Alkina Mann) and Nicholas(James Bentley), in a remote house on Jeresy Island in the time after WWII. Her children are suffering from a rare disease that make exposure to light dangerous to them. One day Anne and later also Grace seem to hear strange voices and believe that the house is haunted and...You want to know what happened from now on, go and see the film. Telling you what happens now will deprive you from one of the film which will be remembered.

Because this a film to see and remember. It is good because at the end it make you think about a lot of things. Relations between parents and children. Trust and believe between those 2 parts of the family. Acceptance of things in your life. In a more philosophic level it says something about our perspective and the way we see things. How we take everything for granted while we shouldn't.

Kidman is excellent(2nd time this year with a strong part) and seem to be improving every time I watch her. The children and the rest of the cast are also good and complete the strong ensemble which help the movie. The direction is good and is helped by the lighting of the set and the score.

All in all go and see the film. The twist somewhere in the film will make you and everyone else jump. Recommended by all means.