Pain, suffering, forever....

Rating: 1/10 (8 September 2001)

For those who perhaps do not know, "The Others" is a movie produced by Tom Cruise starring his estranged wife, Nicole Kidman.
That is all that I can say good about this farce which through clever advertising would pass itself off as some sort of horror thriller. It is in due time about as thrilling as having chewing gum stuck to the sole of your shoe. Sitting through the whole movie is as pleasant as removing the afore-mentioned gum from your shoe.
Early in the film while speaking about religeon, Ms Kidman mentions pain, suffering forever. That is what you will feel if you sit through the whole film.......
If Ms. Kidman could act as well as, say, Sissy Spacek in "Carrie," if the children acted like accomplished child actors rather than like a couple of kids you picked up at the corner store, if someone (Tom?) cared about making a good flick rather than a fast buck then perhaps the screenplay could have been rewritten to have some redeeming moments. Perhaps the cast should have just improvised the whole thing; it could not have been any worse.
It is a shame Hollywood can put out a movie as awful as this, and it will make money in spite of it's being a stinker. Everyone involved with this fiasco should be ashamed of themselves, but of course, the money will assuage their pain. Shame on you, Hollywood! Shame on you, Tom, Nicole! And shame on you, dear reader, if you should fall victim to this film and fail to tell your friends how very bad it is!