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starstarstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar A.O. Scott - NY Times
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstar Ernest Hardy - Film.com
starstar Bob Aulert - culturevulture.net
starstar Edward Guthmann - SF Chronicle
starstar Curt Fields - Washington Post

[A] glorious textbook example of a gifted film maker’s ability to transform a familiar genre and, thrillingly, to confound our expectations in the process

- Susan Stark

[A]nyone who's seen more than a couple of suspense films can anticipate every so-called surprise

- Curt Fields

The Gift

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A widow (Cate Blanchett) is helps an investigation when a young woman disappears. Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, J.K. Simmons, Gary Cole, Rosemary Harris, Kim Dickens, Hunter McGilvray, John Beasley, David Brannen. Director: Sam Raimi (2000, R)

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