The Others (2001)
79%RT Audience Score: 77%
Awards & Nominations: 29 wins & 55 nominations total
The Others is a masterful work of suspense and horror that will leave you on the edge of your seat. From the top-notch performances to the haunting production design, every aspect of this film is expertly crafted. Kidman delivers a pitch-perfect performance that is both chilling and captivating. Director Alejandro Amenabar skillfully weaves together a narrative that is both supernatural and psychological, leaving the audience guessing until the very end. While some may find the intensity of the film too much to handle, for those who can handle it, The Others is a ghostly delight that will stay with you long after the credits roll.
The Others is a spine-tingling thriller that will make you want to sleep with the lights on. With a stellar cast led by Nicole Kidman, this movie is a haunting masterpiece that will leave you guessing until the very end. And if you were scared of ghosts as a kid, well, you might want to skip this one. But for everyone else, get ready for a wild ride full of suspense, twists, and turns. Just don’t forget to check under your bed before you go to sleep.
Production Company(ies)
Production company
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Palacio de los Hornillos, Las Fraguas, Iguña, Cantabria, Spain
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and frightening moments
Year of Release
2001
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States, France, Italy, Spain
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 2001 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 14, 2002
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
starring Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Fionnula Flanagan, Elaine Cassidy, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, written by Alejandro Amenábar, produced by Fernando Bovaira, José Luis Cuerda, Sunmin Park, horror, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Chris Stuckmann, Dennis Harvey, Tom Charity, Peter Bradshaw, Caroline Westbrook, Nell Minow, Kristy Strouse, Fico Cangiano, Sergio Benítez, Debbie Lynn Elias, PJ Nabarro, Matthew Turner, supernatural, thriller, ghosts, World War II, photosensitivity disease, servants, spooky, atmospheric, cinematography, score, ethereal quality, mystery, mind-blowing ending
Worldwide gross: $209,947,037
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $353,821,316
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 432
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 38,584,658
US/Canada gross: $96,522,687
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $162,668,569
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 473
US/Canada opening weekend: $14,089,952
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $23,745,633
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 568
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $17,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $28,649,904
Production budget ranking: 1,175
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $15,427,973
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $309,743,439
ROI to date (est.): 703%
ROI ranking: 177
Christopher Eccleston – Charles
Alakina Mann – Anne
James Bentley – Nicholas
Fionnula Flanagan – Mrs. Millis
Elaine Cassidy – Lydia
Self – Alejandro Amenábar (Director/Writer)
Fernando Bovaira – Producer
José Luis Cuerda – Producer
Sunmin Park – Producer
Director(s)
Alejandro Amenábar
Writer(s)
Alejandro Amenábar
Producer(s)
Fernando Bovaira, José Luis Cuerda, Sunmin Park
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
29 wins & 55 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (165) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (138) | Rotten (27)
The performances, writing, production design, cinematography, music, directing — it’s all top-notch. Everything about this movie really works.
October 23, 2020 | Rating: A+
Chris Stuckmann
ChrisStuckmann.com
TOP CRITIC
The show belongs to Kidman, and snugly tailored as it is, she’s surpassingly fine.
October 30, 2018
Dennis Harvey
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Shrewdly cast, Kidman is pitch perfect. It’s a clammy, ingenious film, one of the best studio movies of the year.
October 30, 2018
Tom Charity
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
It is well constructed, as opposed to incompetently deconstructed.
October 30, 2018
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
In a way, The Others finishes what The Blair Witch Project started — once again reminding us that unseen forces often make for the scariest, most memorable cinematic experiences. It’s certainly true if this is anything to go by.
October 29, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Good but creepy; may be too intense for some.
December 28, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
The Others is a haunting story done right, both in the supernatural and the psychological sense. Kidman’s face, often frozen in terror, says it all. A ghostly delight.
October 14, 2021
Kristy Strouse
Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying
Alejandro Amenabar delivers a top-notch suspense piece that will leave you uneasy for some time. [Full review in Spanish]
August 21, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Fico Cangiano
CineXpress Podcast
With two superb qualities, the two hours in which we witness the director’s narrative skills contain innumerable examples of how printing fear. [Full Review in Spanish]
April 15, 2020
Sergio Benítez
Espinof
The Others is only adequate as a spectral, psychological thriller and pales in comparison to its predecessors of the 1940’s. Amenabar is no Hitchcock and Kidman is neither Grace Kelly or Ingrid Bergman.
November 7, 2019
Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens
Beyond the evident technical proficiency on show, the film is still reduced to its primary narrative parlour-game of trying to guess the ghostly twist.
February 1, 2019 | Rating: 2/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
If you were scared of the dark as a child, then this movie has your name on it.
October 30, 2018 | Rating: 3/5
Matthew Turner
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Plot
A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she’s waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They will live alone there with oppressive, strange and almost religious rules, until she needs to hire a group of servants for them. Their arrival will accidentally begin to break the rules with unexpected consequences.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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