“謎は彼女が解き明かす。 “超感覚（ギフト）”を与えられた彼女だけが、この事件を解き明かす━”
ジョージア州の小さな町。夫を亡くした占い師のアニーは、人の運命を見抜く特殊な能力を持っていた。ある日、彼女は息子が通う学校の教師・ウェインと婚約者・ジェシカの結婚生活を占うことに。だが、アニーはその占いで恐ろしい幻想を見てしまう。
製作費: $10,000,000 (15億円)
興行収入: $12,008,642 (18億円)
推定収支: $2,008,642 (3億円)
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監督: サム・ライミ
脚本: ビリー・ボブ・ソーントン / Tom Epperson
制作: トム・ローゼンバーグ / Robert Tapert / リチャード・ライト
撮影監督: Jamie Anderson
制作会社: Lakeshore Entertainment / Alphaville Films / Paramount Classics
**_Whodunnit Southern Gothic with Cate Blanchett_** In a town near coastal Georgia, a widow (Cate Blanchett) struggles to make ends meet with her three boys via her psychic abilities. When a young woman goes missing (Katie Holmes), the authorities ask her for assistance. Greg Kinnear, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, Giovanni Ribisi, Gary Cole and JK Simmons are all on hand. “The Gift” (2001) meshes plot elements of “Resurrection” (1980) with the setting or tone of “Murder in Coweta County,” “The General’s Daughter” and a little “Cape Fear” (1991). You can’t beat the cast and the Southern town ambiance is great, plus the flawed characters are nicely fleshed-out. There are no less than five possibilities of who the culprit is and, with 20 minutes to go, it becomes clear who it is. Regrettably, it’s just so cliched and contrived I rolled my eyes, not to mention it ‘steals’ the hope of the viewer. I don’t want to say more because I don’t want to give anything away. Still, if you can roll with that banal element, it’s a quality drama with a worthy point. Both Cate and Holmes are fetching in a girl-next-door kind of way. It runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot in the Savannah area (Guyton, Thunderbolt and Springfield). GRADE: B-/B
Tension is there, but it never gets creepy The tone of this movie is a bit strange to me, but it works really well. There are some twists to this that become obvious if you look straight at it, but it is engaging to watch. The casting is inspired, and I can't imagine it done better. The directing is great, and the performances are excellent. It is a tad slow in places, but I enjoyed it a lot.
