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The Gift

2000 · 112 min

A slow, humid Southern mystery that wraps you in dread and quiet sorrow, with flashes of the supernatural and a lingering sense of loss.

Directed by: Sam Raimi
Genres: Horror, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves

Tagline: The only witness to the crime was not even there.
Overview: Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

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Directed by: Sam Raimi
Genres: Horror, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
grief
isolation
justice
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, drama, thriller, mystery
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Written by: Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens
Music: Christopher Young
Cinematography: Jamie Anderson
Runtime: 112 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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