The Others
Dimension Films | Release Date: August 10, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
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Generally favorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Only some bumpy, arid passages in the script keep The Others out of the master class occupied by the likes of "The Sixth Sense" and, my favorite, 1961's "The Innocents." Read full review
90
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
An elegantly crafted entertainment, balanced between the psychological and the supernatural, that gets extra credit for not relying on computer effects. Read full review
90
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
This is one scary movie, not because we see ghosts or monsters, but because Kidman makes us feel her fear as our own. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Though Kidman doesn't hesitate to make Grace high-strung and as tightly wound as they come, she also projects vulnerability and courage when they're called for. It's an intense, involving performance, and it dominates and energizes a film that would be lost without it. Read full review
90
VarietyDennis Harvey
A luxuriously old-fashioned star vehicle custom-fit to its topliner's strengths, which come across to sensational effect. Read full review
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It's the atmospheric sideshow that earns the highest marks. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A spare, discomfiting score and uniformly excellent performances, and you have a quiet little masterpiece of dark and chilling beauty. Read full review
88
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
A fiendishly subtle horror movie, a goosebump-inducing exercise in suspense that uses your own imagination to scare you silly. Read full review
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The most sophisticated and satisfying ghost story on film since "The Sixth Sense." Read full review
80
SlateDavid Edelstein
A minor-key ghost story with major jolts. Read full review
80
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
If you like being scared, you should have fun. Bring a date to hold hands with. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
You can't take your eyes off Ms. Kidman; she has never played a role with more focused energy.
80
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Some moviegoers are bound to take issue with the trick, "Sixth Sense"-style ending (or cynically see it coming), but The Others is mostly spooky fun, and a strong calling card for Amenabar.
80
Washington PostRita Kempley
A tantalizing spine-tingler. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The gimmicks, in the end, are too arbitrary to tie together in a memorably haunting fashion, though they do culminate in a Big Twist, a nifty one that almost -- but not quite -- makes you want to see the movie again. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
A classic haunted-house story enshrouded in fog and steeped in portentous atmosphere. It gives you a case of the creeps oh-so slowly, then hits you with a clever, mind-warping way of saying, "Boo!" Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
There are hints of madness in all the characters, and it gets creepier and more surreal as it goes along until it finally comes to a showstopping climax that took me completely by surprise and made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up straight. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The suspense is as tingly as jalapenos on the tongue. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The icy reserve that sometimes stands in the way of Kidman's expressive gifts here becomes the foundation of her most emotionally layered performance to date. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
In drawing out his effects, Amenabar is a little too confident that style can substitute for substance. As our suspense was supposed to be building, our impatience was outstripping it. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Has everything you want in a supernatural thriller except thrills.
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Beautiful to behold but lacking in any kind of palpable dread or suspense. Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
Kidman gets kudos for giving the enterprise a touch of class, while the film gives the studio's library a rare pedigreed addition. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Isn't much more than a proficient gothic mystery with a final twist that offers a satisfying little frisson before you start counting how many times it's been used before. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
The payoff matters at least as much as the setup, and this story's secret is way too easy to guess. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWesley Morris
The Others is great as a collection of acknowledgments, but a ghost story made of a bunch of ghoulish thank-yous isn't that haunting. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
This is a subdued and sometimes subtle exercise in ghostly doings, going against the horror-movie grain by relying on quietude and understatement. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The big surprise is so obvious that it makes the deliberate pacing seem painfully slow, and Kidman's prissy accent and tight-lipped performance are more than a little grating. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
What Amenabar offers here is an unconvincing, pretentiously artsy pastiche of just about every hoary old gothic thriller you can think of. Read full review
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