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The Others Movie Review

Starring: Nicole Kidman
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Review Summary
Subtle ghost story utilizing suspense to create fear. Nicole Kidman is living in a mansion with her two photosensitive kids just after WWII. Opening scene shows mom shrieking hysterically and waking up from an aparant nightmare. It's evident that mom's already a little looney from having to live in the dark in the huge old house with her kids, but discovering how nuts she is all part of the adventure, especially when ghosts make their presense known. Or so it would seem. This film makes a good study of fear based on perspective, especially when perspective is skewed by madness.
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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - why do we stay in the haunted house?

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker/wife
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlng, wavy
Events of movie makes character more... - introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality - English/British
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - unemployed
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - Invisibility
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Ethnicity - British
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average Intelligence
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th Century (1900-1950)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Misc settings - mansion
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie - fearful
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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