The Box (2009)

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5.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Richard Kelly

Starring (View all)

Cameron Diaz
Norma Lewis

James Marsden
Arthur Lewis

Frank Langella
Arlington Steward

James Rebhorn
Norm Cahill

Holmes Osborne
Dick Burns

Sam Oz Stone
Walter Lewis

Gillian Jacobs
Dana

Celia Weston
Lana Burns

Written by

Richard Kelly
(screenplay)

Richard Matheson

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very entertainging ,however different

14 years, 8 months ago at Nov 12 1:54

moviemaniac126

1 vote

Based on Richard Matheson's Short story "Button, Button". Richard Kelly(Donnie Darko, Southland tales)directs and writes this fine piece of film. The box has a very simple plot, it seems at first. The short story is basically summed up in the first thirty-five minutes of the film. Excluding the the end for a very promising, but different finale. The Box stars Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis and James ... read more

A Mess of a Film

14 years, 4 months ago at Mar 12 13:58

kgbelliveau

1 vote

Arlington Steward: I have an offer to make. If you push the button, two things will happen. First, someone, somewhere in the world, whom you don't know, will die. Second, you will receive a payment of one million dollars. You have 24 hours.

Arthur and Norma Lewis are the average married couple who are working pay check to pay check spending more than they have. They get an offer fro... read more

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13 years, 12 months ago at Aug 1 17:17

James B.

1 vote

Press the play button and two things will happen. One, right in your head, your brain will die a little. And two, you will waste 2 hours on your life on a crappy movie. I was very skeptical about this movie. It seemed like it had a good idea. But I couldn't see them turning it into a 2 hour movie. The score was distracting, because it sounded like something you'd hear in "The Haunted Mansion". The... read more

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Description: What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars…but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it? And what would be the consequences? The year is 1976. Norma Lewis is a teacher at a private high school and her husband, Arthur, is an engineer working at NASA. They are, by all accounts, an average couple living a normal life in the suburbs with their young son…until a mysterious man with a horribly disfigured face appears on their doorstep and presents Norma with a life-altering proposition: the box. With only 24 hours to make their choice, Norm ... (more)

Release date: 29 October 2009

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" The Box is a 2009 American thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly who also serves as a co-producer. It is based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson which was previously adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone. The film stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box from a mysterious man (played by Frank Langella) who offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within the dome on top of the box but tells them t"

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" Norma Lewis "I saw that pain on your face and I just - I understood it. I felt an overwhelming feeling of love for you, because I knew that I would never again feel sorry for myself ever again.""

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"First viewing - Jan. 7th I've been a devoted fan of Richard Kelly's ever since the first time I watched Donnie Darko, and yet it somehow got by me that he'd made The Box. I vaguely recall seeing ads or whatever for it, but missed that key detail which is why I'm just now getting around to seeing it. Of his three main films it's the weakest, but I still found plenty here to appreciate. It's different and commits fully to all its ideas, which helped me hang with it. It's an intelligent film which"

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