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Good-hearted Annie Wilson, who bears "the gift" of psychic vision, is a recently widowed mother of three young boys in the rural town of Brixton, Georgia. Scorned by some of the narrow-minded town citizens, Annie struggles to support herself and her sons by giving psychic readings to a few of the members of this small community. Annie advises one of them, Valerie, to leave her husband Donnie,... See Full Description
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Drama and Thriller |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 50 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 20, 2000 LA/NY; January 19, 2001 Limited |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for violence, language, and sexuality/nudity. |
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| Distributors: |
Paramount Vantage
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$11,994,719 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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culturevulture.net,
"...by-the-numbers direction of 'The Gift' reduces a potentially involving story of the paranormal to utter predictability..." Full Review...
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E! Online,
(grade: B) "There's a stampede of great acting here." Full Review...
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Film Threat,
(3 stars) "...this 'Gift' [is] more akin to a lump of coal..." Full Review...
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James Berardinelli,
(3 out of 4 stars) "...an example of how superior craftsmanship can transform a ho-hum genre entry into a sporadically gripping thriller." Full Review...
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