Excellent, excellent ghost story...

Rating: 10/10 (30 August 2001)

Excellent, excellent ghost story...would make the perfect companion piece to 1999's The Sixth Sense. Absolutely loved the slow build up (maybe to slow for those use to recent gore-ified slasher flicks like Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer), leading to an exciting surprise ending. As for Nicole Kidman's acting...WOW!!!...what an actress! She will be robbed if overlooked by the Academy Awards for her performance of Grace, a woman on the verge of a ghostly mental breakdown. With the exception of Dead Calm and To Die For, I've never been a fan of Kidman's. But after viewing her magnificent performance in this past spring's Moulin Rouge and now The Others, I am proud to admit that she is my favorite film actress of modern day. Kudos to her and everyone else involved with this wonderful fright film. In all, a 10+ in my book.