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Release Date:
21 July 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
He was the perfect husband until his one mistake followed them home. more
Plot:
The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost -- or that she's losing her mind. full summary | add synopsis
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4 wins
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5 nominations
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Scary, spooky, in a way that reminds me of days gone by.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Claire Spencer |
 | Katharine Towne | ... | Caitlin Spencer |
 | Miranda Otto | ... | Mary Feur |
 | James Remar | ... | Warren Feur |
 | Harrison Ford | ... | Norman Spencer |
 | Victoria Bidewell | ... | Beatrice |
 | Diana Scarwid | ... | Jody |
 | Dennison Samaroo | ... | PhD Student #1 |
 | Jennifer Tung | ... | PhD Student #2 |
| Eliott Goretsky | ... | Teddy |
| Rachel Singer | ... | PhD Student #3 |
| Daniel Zelman | ... | PhD Student #4 |
 | Ray Baker | ... | Dr. Stan Powell |
 | Wendy Crewson | ... | Elena |
 | Amber Valletta | ... | Madison Elizabeth Frank |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for terror/violence, sensuality and brief language.
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130 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:14 |
Japan:R |
Iceland:16 |
Hungary:16 (TV rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A |
Chile:14 |
Colombia:18 |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-14 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 (w) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Hungary:18 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
Mexico:B |
Philippines:PG-13
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The date of birth on Madison Frank's missing persons' report is the birthday of Amber Valletta.
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Continuity: The first time the bathtub mysteriously fills, Claire rolls up her sleeve as she walks towards the tub. In the next shot, we see her rolling up her sleeve again.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Claire Spencer: Good morning, Beauty. Let's go or we'll never leave on time.
Caitlin Spencer: I'm totally ready.
Claire Spencer: Come on. I'll make you some waffles.
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Claire Spencer: Good morning, Beauty. Let's go or we'll never leave on time.
Caitlin Spencer: I'm totally ready.
Claire Spencer: Come on. I'll make you some waffles.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
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Soundtrack:
Domination
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Is there really a face in the snow at the very end?more
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Oh man!! What a fun movie! Without giving too much away, it's a ghost movie. The plot wasn't anything to write home about, it's been done about 100 times before, but it was just done better than it has been in recent memory. Seems that movies try to over-do everything lately with special effects, gore, music and violence. Not here... I kept thinking that they had taken a step back and returned to what makes movies spooky. It's not a computer generated demon, or a high intensity soundtrack; it's a creaky door, it's a reflection in the glass, it's that feeling when you know you just pushed that chair in a minute ago and now it's away from the table again. That's what makes people uneasy, that's what makes them check their closets and sleep with the hall light on when they go home.
The most notable difference in the movie was the silence. I'd guess that about 50% of the movie was completely silent except for breathing, footsteps, creaking doors... wonderful. Seems that lately the powers-that-be just have to fit every second of the soundtrack into the movie (seems they should since now-a-days there's commercials for the soundtrack separate from the movie in many cases) in order to boost the spooky level... it rarely works. The silence in the movie just added to that tension in your shoulders and made you slowly edge up on your seat.
If I had to pick anything to complain about, it'd be the weak foreshadowing of two events, I don't want to give anything away, but you'll know when you see it. It's like they gave up on trying to write them into the plot. They may as well have put a subtitle on the screen (or a "Pop Up Video" bubble) that told you that what they were saying was important. For my wife and I, it gave a bit away about how the movie was likely to end.
Michelle Pfeiffer was really good, I'd guess she was in almost every single shot in the film, so anything but a great performance would have shown. I'm not normally one to judge actors performances, but there's some credit to be given to someone who can act that scared using only her eyes. I wouldn't be surprised if she gets a nod at the academy for this one.