
Urban Cinefile
It's a curly can of worms that this intriguing premise involving action, reaction and consequence prises open.
Full reviewFrom the director of Donnie Darko, comes another mind-bender: Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur Lewis (James Marsden) are a suburban couple with a young kid who receive a simple wooden box with a big red button. A mysterious man (Frank Langella) comes along and tells them that they will be delivered $1 million if they press the button. The downside is that some human being, somewhere in the world, will die. Norma and Arthur have 24 hours to choose whether they want to take part in this odd trade-off.
It's a curly can of worms that this intriguing premise involving action, reaction and consequence prises open.
Full review“The Box,” is sincere and sinister and inevitably ambitious, a serious work that insists on its own seriousness even when it edges toward the preposterous.
Full reviewI know, I know, "The Box" triumphantly qualifies for one of my favorite adjectives, "preposterous." But if you make a preposterous movie that isn't boring, I count that as some kind of a triumph.
Full reviewToo bad Norma and Arthur didn't leave it on the porch. Richard Kelly's latest is no 'Donnie Darko.' The morality tale is fractured, foolish and slow as molasses.
Full reviewAn artistic fiasco that cuts across genre lines and all logic to become, perhaps, an instant midnight movie.
Full reviewMovie Marmite. Many will be perplexed. Donnie Darko fans should lap it up.
Full reviewThe Box (2009) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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