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The Box

  • 20092009
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
92K
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Cameron Diaz in The Box (2009)
A young couple is gifted with a mysterious box that promises them a handsome windfall with deadly consequences.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
92K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,868
97
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    • Director
      • Richard Kelly
    • Writers
      • Richard Kelly(screenplay)
      • Richard Matheson(short story "Button, Button")
    • Stars
      • Cameron Diaz
      • James Marsden
      • Frank Langella
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    • Director
      • Richard Kelly
    • Writers
      • Richard Kelly(screenplay)
      • Richard Matheson(short story "Button, Button")
    • Stars
      • Cameron Diaz
      • James Marsden
      • Frank Langella
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 470User reviews
    • 286Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

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    Cameron Diaz
    Cameron Diaz
    • Norma Lewis
    James Marsden
    James Marsden
    • Arthur Lewis
    Frank Langella
    Frank Langella
    • Arlington Steward
    James Rebhorn
    James Rebhorn
    • Norm Cahill
    Holmes Osborne
    Holmes Osborne
    • Dick Burns
    Sam Oz Stone
    • Walter Lewis
    Gillian Jacobs
    Gillian Jacobs
    • Dana
    Celia Weston
    Celia Weston
    • Lana Burns
    Deborah Rush
    Deborah Rush
    • Clymene Steward
    Lisa K. Wyatt
    Lisa K. Wyatt
    • Rhonda Martin
    Mark S. Cartier
    Mark S. Cartier
    • Martin Teague
    • (as Mark Cartier)
    Kevin Robertson
    • Wendell Matheson
    Michele Durrett
    • Rebecca Matheson
    Ian Kahn
    Ian Kahn
    • Vick Brenner
    John Magaro
    John Magaro
    • Charles
    Ryan Woodle
    Ryan Woodle
    • Jeffrey Carnes
    Basil Hoffman
    Basil Hoffman
    • Don Poates
    Robert Harvey
    Robert Harvey
    • NASA Executive #1
    • Director
      • Richard Kelly
    • Writers
      • Richard Kelly(screenplay)
      • Richard Matheson(short story "Button, Button")
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The main characters, Norma Lewis and Arthur Lewis, were based on director Richard Kelly's parents. His mother also suffered a crippled foot after an X-Ray mishap; his father worked for NASA and co-designed the camera used on the Viking Mars Landers (as in the movie).
    • Goofs
      Cameron Diaz's "Southern" accent comes and goes throughout the movie.
    • Quotes

      Martin Teague: 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 in it. You drive home in it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your soul, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Whereupon it is placed in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.

      Martin Teague: 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in Angela and Friends: Episode #1.19 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Light in Your Eyes
      Written by Stephan Sechi (as Stephan M. Sechi)

      Performed by Stephan Sechi

      Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

    User reviews470

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    Richard Kelly has created a very mesmerizing, dreamy, and illusionary film!
    Richard Kelly is one of my personal favorite directors. I have only seen his two films, Donnie Darko and Southland Tales. The first is a Masterpiece, and a film like no other, and has fortunately gathered a strong cult following. Southland Tales is the one that is very underrated, perhaps the most unique film of this decade, even more so than Donnie, and deserves a larger fanbase. This is Kelly's 3rd film that I watched, and he does not disappoint. When I originally heard he was making The Box, based on the Twilight Zone episode, I got nervous. Both of his previous films flopped big time, but I still did not want him to make a film too mainstream. After The Box, I think it is impossible for him to ever make a mainstream film. The Box has amazing atmosphere and has very illusionary images and a tense tone to it. Richard Kelly's screenplay is nothing short of original, and even though he made it based on the Twilight Zone, he still added his mark on it. Kelly has always had so many ideas to share, and sometimes, his film's flaws is that they have so much to say. Southland Tales was criticized for that, but I loved it, flaws and all. The same for The Box. Although The Box is not as confusing or as hard-to-categorize as Southland Tales, it does have it's own ideas. This is very much a morality tale, and I thought it made some very interesting points. The screenplay has flaws, and so does the direction. But the flaws is what makes a Richard Kelly film feel special, as was the case with both his previous films, and that is the case for The Box.

    The performances from James Marsden and Cameron Diaz are superb. Marsden is very good, but Diaz is the one who steals the show, surprisingly. I never have respected Diaz as an actress before, and when I heard her southern accent in the trailer I got very worried. But her accent, and her performance, elevate the film even more, and she was very strong. I should now give her the credit she deserves. Frank Langella is very creepy and mysterious, and his character has classic Kelly printed all over it. The cinematography is great. The music score, although by itself is great, was used too loud and too dramatized in some scenes, and was a distraction. But overall, The Box is another very interesting and very dreamy film from Richard Kelly, one that as years go by, will be sitting comfortably with Donnie Darko and Southland Tales on my DVD shelf.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Warner Bros.
      • Wild Bunch Distribution (France)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chiếc Hộp Kì Bí
    • Filming locations
      • Boston Public Library - 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Radar Pictures
      • Media Rights Capital (MRC)
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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,051,977
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,571,417
      • Nov 8, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,334,176
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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