Som more reviews of Katie's upcoming movie EOnline Suspense-horror lovers who felt What Lies Beneath didn't quite deliver will be more than happy to open this Gift. Down on the bayou, Cate Blanchett plays a widow who supports her three young boys with her psychic readings for needy, but suspicious, townsfolk. When sassy Katie Holmes (the school principal's promiscuous fiancé) winds up missing... Read the rest of the review -------------------------------------------- The Flick Filosopher If A SIMPLE PLAN was Sam Raimi's Northern gothic, then THE GIFT is his Southern gothic. Beautiful in its spareness and simplicity, it spins a chill-inducing tale from a seemingly mundane story by mixing in supernatural elements and treating them with a refreshing down-to-earthness. Read the rest of the review --------------------------------------------- LA Daily News A Southern Gothic freak-out with swampy style and just as many implausible events as a teen slasher movie, "The Gift" is a spooky suspense thriller -- nothing more, nothing less. The movie's handlers are trying to mount an Oscar campaign for this slight yarn, which is patently ridiculous and actually does the film a disservice by creating oversize expectations. Just know that Keanu Reeves gives the movie's best performance. That should lay to rest all other pretensions to grandeur. Read the rest of the review

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