Haunted, while the minutes drag.

Rating: Null/10 (2 November 2001)

I saw her on the cover of Bazzar and remembered The Others. This film looks like molds of glowing wax-sculpted and made into a wicked cartoon. Its a dark tale of a woman with kids during The Great War. An English woman, sophisticated yet modest. Proud of never giving in to the Axis Powers, particularly Germany. The kids are pale with dark hair. The boy is faithful to his mother while his older sister is rebellious and taunting.They both have a skin disorder that's allergic to the sun so all the windows remain draped. An older couple and a girl knock on the door looking for work. Every door has to be closed and locked when entering and exiting rooms. Nicole Kidman, a nervous yet controlled wreck, lives life haunted while the minutes drag. She looks like those old movie stars or that girl from Killer's Kiss. The film turns here, the addition of characters makes them un-human. The lighting and backgrounds of burgundy-browns look like old tobacco smoke creating a surprising effect. The kids get haunted and one gets possessed, black & white pictures of an old customs to photograph the dead look familiar, daddy comes home from War. You think its ghostly but its pure evil.