Needs more atmosphere to be great.

Rating: 6/10 (25 September 2015)

The Others is directed by Alejandro Amenábar and it stars Nicole Kidman as an extremely loving catholic mother.
The movie is marketed as a horror film and it does get creepy at times, but the movie moves too slow and lacks suspense to be a really great film. Obviously takes inspiration from the Sixth Sense, which was released 3 years before this movie came out and I can really tell what they were going for with the twist and it kind of worked, but I don't think it was as climactic as it was intended to be.
Let's talk about performances: Nicole Kidman does a pretty good job in the movie, you can actually buy into her despair and going crazy. Like I said the performance is great, but the character really got on my nerves. I don't hear enough people talking about Alakina Mann's performance in this movie, especially for a kid actress, she is spectacular. I really wonder what happened to her, she hasn't really been in anything major since this.
In the end The Others is entertaining and the twist is pretty good, although it is a film that is 100% style over substance, and it should have packed a meaner punch.