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| ACTORS: | Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Penélope Cruz |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 21 November, 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 085392838028 |
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Customer Reviews of Gothika (Widescreen Edition)
Could have been so much better Some movies are misses not because they're necessarily bad, but because they end up being mediocre even if the people involved are talented and the story has it's moments. Gothika is one such movie.
Oscar winner Halle Berry plays Miranda, a psychologist working in a mental institution. One night, after a rough session with Chloe (Cruz), a difficult patient, she goes home only to find the road blocked. After being forced to take a different route, she crashes into a ditch after swerving her car trying not to hit a girl standin in the road.
When she wakes up, she's trapped in her own clinic as one of the patients, and being charged for the murder of her husband (Dutton).
Is she going crazy? Has she already lost her mind? Did she or didn't she kill her husband and why can't she remember? What follows is a series of discoveries that lead Miranda in a direction she never expected and the answer to the mystery of her madness.
However, the film does a poor job in creating true suspense. The whole movie is dimly lit and most of the scenes in the sanitarium have a blue tone, as if to reflect the depression and the fear, but because it is constantly that way, it ends up losing its effect.
The acting is simply awful. Berry should return her Oscar after this, and Robert Downey jr., as the friendly (or is he?) doctor gives a stiff performance. The acting was so bad that Penélope Cruz ends up being the best actor in the film. Go figure.
All in all, it's not a bad film, but it could have been so much better.
Two last comments: the film is superbly produced, which makes sense when you learn that this is another Dark Castle production. Dark Castle, for those of you not in the know, is Robert Zemeckis's and Joel Silver's company for suspense/mystery films, such as Ghost ship and Thir13en ghosts. Also, this film is directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, best known as Amelie's boyfriend Nino.
HALLE HAS DONE IT ONCE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Halle berry has proved once more that she is an AMAZING actress in her role as Dr.Grey.This is one of Halle greatest films YOU GO HALLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!this film is just another reason Halle is my favorite actress
Unsatisfying
Gothika starts off well and seems to be establishing a truly unique story, then quickly spirals downhill into a boring and cliched ghost story. I was unfortunately expecting something great, especially with the incredible Halle Barry in the lead, but was utterly disappointed in the outcome. It's worth a watch, but ultimtately ends up as unmemorable and unsatisfying. The ending is especially ridiculous.