Although essentially by-the-numbers stuff, the lack of emphasis on digital effects is refreshing and Reeves's ferocious turn is a real eye-opener.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2024

Stylistically, viewers will likely recognize the patented Raimi vision: chaotic frightening images blinking rapidly over the widening eyes of the protagonist.

| Oct 28, 2020

The Gift is not a must-see film, but it is a film worth watching.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 8, 2020

Post Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett was trying to subvert expectations and to do something completely different. So she chose this gothic thriller from a director who is known for horror movies.

| Original Score: C | May 1, 2020

like going to the county fair and getting ripped off by the traveling sideshows

| Original Score: D | Jun 20, 2012

A superior horror movie for older teens.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2010

Though "The Gift" is tonally uneven, it's still worth a watch if only for the mood and inherent dread present.

| Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Who would have thought Sam Raimi could have made a film in which the dead are harmless, even helpful?

| Original Score: C- | Feb 14, 2008

| Original Score: A- | Apr 25, 2007

Failing to deliver as a suspenser, The Gift relies heavily on its name cast, particularly Cate Blanchette, which elevates the old-fashioned yarn to a more serious patina.

| Original Score: C | Jul 5, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Un mediano intento de sorprendernos.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 20, 2005

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 12, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 20, 2003

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 4, 2003

Stilted, obvious, and cruel... No longer an absurdist of gore, Raimi is now a reveler in it.

| Original Score: D- | Jan 10, 2003

One of the strongest parts in question is the central performance of Cate Blanchett.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 8, 2002

...not too bad in a gothic whodunit kind of way

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Oct 30, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2002