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Release Date:
6 November 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
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Plot:
A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know. full summary | full synopsis
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Box
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Button
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Young Child
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Mysterious Stranger
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24 Hours
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NewsDesk:
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Like it, or like it not, the truth behind the Box
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Cameron Diaz | ... | Norma Lewis | |
| James Marsden | ... | Arthur Lewis | |
| Frank Langella | ... | Arlington Steward | |
| James Rebhorn | ... | Norm Cahill | |
| Holmes Osborne | ... | Dick Burns | |
| Sam Oz Stone | ... | Walter Lewis | |
| Gillian Jacobs | ... | Dana | |
| Celia Weston | ... | Lana Burns | |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Clymene Steward | |
| Lisa K. Wyatt | ... | Rhonda Martin | |
| Mark S. Cartier | ... | Martin Teague (as Mark Cartier) | |
| Kevin Robertson | ... | Wendel Matheson | |
| Michele Durrett | ... | Rebecca Matheson (as Michele Durett) | |
| Ian Kahn | ... | Vick Brenner | |
| John Magaro | ... | Charles |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images.
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115 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #44919) |
Finland:K-13 |
UK:12A |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) |
Ireland:15A |
Netherlands:12 |
Singapore:PG
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After Norma's Father runs Arlington's license plate number, he refers to the vehicle as a "Town Car". It's actually a Buick Electra.
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NSA operative:
Sir? If you don't mind my asking... why a box?
Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work with it. you drive home with it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your sole, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Where upon it is place in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.
NSA operative: It's quite depressing, if you think of it that way.
Arlington Steward: Don't think of it that way... think of it as a temporary state of being.
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Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work with it. you drive home with it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your sole, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Where upon it is place in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.
NSA operative: It's quite depressing, if you think of it that way.
Arlington Steward: Don't think of it that way... think of it as a temporary state of being.
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Referenced in Moviemaking in Virginia: Take 3 (2008) (V)
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Deck the Halls
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Is "The Box" based on a book?
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This film just opened a film festival in Lund, Sweden, weeks before the official release. Although the film didn't make a massive impression on me, I definitely found it worthwhile.
It is a film that makes you think. The pace is slow, scary at times and gradually building a mood of mystery. Although confusing in the beginning, there is an explanation to it, like it or like it not. Satisfying to some, adding to the feeling of mystery to others.
It would be interesting to see the original short film the plot is based upon, in particular to see how the message could be delivered in a more condensed manner.
James and Frank were convincing, although Cameron doesn't quite deliver, perhaps not her genre.