The Others

"In drawing out his effects, Amenabar is a little too confident that style can substitute for substance."

"(A) sturdily old-fashioned and tremendously enjoyable ghost story..."

"If The Others doesn't quite make sense, it does provide its share of sensations."

"Clever as the film is... it turns out to be an exercise in narrative withholding more headache-provoking than suspense-laden."

"Shrewdly cast, Kidman is pitch perfect. It's a clammy, ingenious film..."

"This simple, spare, and exhilaratingly old-fashioned haunted-house movie builds tension through a steady accumulation of mundane disturbances... which chip away at the psyche, onscreen and off."

"Amenábar racks up the tension to unbearable levels in a spooky shocker that's worthy of any comparison with M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense."

"A cracking bit of psychological horror..."

"(Kidman) never seems to get comfortable with her role. The supporting actors fare better..."

"The Others is a luxuriously old-fashioned star vehicle custom-fit to its topliner’s strengths, which come across to sensational effect."