Review of The Others (2001) by Dawdlingpoet — 21 Nov 2021

I thought it was a good movie. It did feel pretty spooky and atmospheric and the story was intriguing enough to keep me interested to watch it right through until the end.

It was a good length and didn't seem to lag at any particular point. It had good acting, I felt that Nicole Kidman and the two child actor/actresses were particularly good, giving very realistic and believable performances and all in all it felt like a pretty high quality production, so it is worth seeing, although its not a particularly fast paced movie but rather more of a spooky slow burner, I suppose.

I'm not usually interested in period dramas but I do like a good supernatural movie, or ghost story, so this fit that well.

The main downsides to it, if any, is that it doesn't feature any amazing special effects, so don't watch it if thats what your looking for, its more a modern 1940s movie I suppose and it may be possible for others to guess some of whats going on before its revealed, though there is an extra twist at the end, which will probably surprise most. I thought that the end was pretty good but I suppose if you've seen many similar movies then it may be possible to figure it out.

All in all, it struck me as being a good, quality production. The story was interesting enough to keep me interested and there are some twists towards the end, although we, as viewers, are kept somewhat in the dark (har har) for most of the movie, its worth it to wait until the end when all is spookily revealed.

I thought that the story was pretty good in general and I would say that its worth watching, for the performances alone almost. It did seem a pretty traditional ghost story made for the screen and it did work, all in all, pretty well, so I would recommend it.