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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Sebastian Gutierrez (written by)
Release Date:
21 November 2003 (USA)
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Tagline:
Because someone is dead doesn't mean they're gone. more
Plot:
Ghost story in which a repressed female psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the very asylum where she worked with no memory of why she is there and what she has done. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Psychiatrist
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Ghost
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Murder
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Dead Husband
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Intimidation
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Awards:
1 win
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(60 articles)
Film: Review:Women In Trouble
(From The AV Club. 12 November 2009, 12:07 PM, PST)
Cinematical Seven: Good Actors in Bad Horror
(From Cinematical. 27 October 2009, 9:02 PM, PDT)
(From The AV Club. 12 November 2009, 12:07 PM, PST)
Cinematical Seven: Good Actors in Bad Horror
(From Cinematical. 27 October 2009, 9:02 PM, PDT)
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Feel the scare, don't look for logic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Halle Berry | ... | Miranda Grey |
 | Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Pete Graham |
 | Charles S. Dutton | ... | Dr. Douglas Grey |
 | John Carroll Lynch | ... | Sheriff Ryan |
 | Bernard Hill | ... | Phil Parsons |
 | Penélope Cruz | ... | Chloe Sava |
 | Dorian Harewood | ... | Teddy Howard |
| Bronwen Mantel | ... | Irene |
 | Kathleen Mackey | ... | Rachel Parsons |
 | Matthew G. Taylor | ... | Turlington |
| Michel Perron | ... | Joe |
 | Andrea Sheldon | ... | Tracey Seavers |
| Anana Rydvald | ... | Glass Cell Nurse |
| Laura Mitchell | ... | Inmate |
 | Amy Sloan | ... | Inmate |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated R for violence, brief language and nudity.
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Runtime:
98 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-15 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) |
Iceland:16 |
Malaysia:18PL |
USA:R (certificate #40310) |
France:-12 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Portugal:M/16 |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:18 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:14A |
Germany:16 |
Ireland:18 |
Norway:15 |
Philippines:R-13 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
UK:15
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Trivia:
Halle Berry broke her arm filming a scene with Robert Downey Jr.. Downey was supposed to grab her arm and twist but twisted too hard and the arm snapped. Production was halted for eight weeks.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Miranda enters the shed, she is startled by an owl. You can hear it fly around. Owls fly silently.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, Game 37 (#21.149)" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Behind Blue Eyes
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| One Question | sylvia67 |
| So who killed Doug? | brucedgo |
| Circumcision? | Falkner09 |
| miranda/pete | ilurveweasel |
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'Gothika' may be looked at as an exercise in style. The plot is about a psychologist in a women's prison who wakes up one day to find herself on the other side of the bars, accused of having murdered her husband. She needs to prove her innocence, but the film is not what you expect. There will be not too much logic in what follows, and the borders between reality and halucination seem to be crossed by the director and script writer, not only by the characters.
What saves the film is the excellent acting of Halle Berry, Penelope, Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., and all the rest of the cast, the haunting setting, and the way the atmosphere is being build. The institution looks like some gothic building from outside, with blue lighted corridors inside creating an appropriate setting for the mood of the characters. Rain seems to poor almost permanently, kind of reflecting the fluid state of mind of the characters.
This film will not be easy to forget for me. Despite its ridiculous script and the conventional way the plot is being solved, the quality of the cinema is above average. Halle Berry is fantastic, and may have bought back her acting in a James Bond movie. Uneven but still memorable. 7/10 on my personal scale.