The Gift

[whoooa]

Is that a blue diamond I see?
Is that a blue diamond I see?

Proponents of this "spooky", "some good", "not a terrible" movie frequently holler: "Set down" "the creepiness"! These "Gift"anders (as they "might be" called) "really" make sense in a "deep Southern" kind of "lazy" way.

Messing with the devil's gonna get you burned. Everybody knows that.
You got a lot of pretty things. I like looking at them.
Stray cat. She didn't like it when I killed her.
I asked her that myself one time. She said I was the only man in town that knew how to fuck.

[whooooa] A thriller set Down South, with an excellent cast and some good writing by Billy Bob Thornton. Not so much about psychic powers; it's actually more about the human condition, but succeeds brilliantly as a mystery too.

[whoooa] Keanu plays a wife-beating lazy red-neck, deep Southern accent and all. It is a disturbing and spooky movie. It has a great cast and not a terrible story, but maybe it is the creepiness that just keeps this one from really making it great.

[whooa] If I look into a blue diamond, will this movie get any better? Lots of "cool" & "hip" actors & a great director & Mr. Angelina Jolie (past tense) working to make a mediocre movie. Falls into the little made category of supernatural thriller (a category I might be making up) - unfortunately I found it neither super, natural, nor very thrilling. But, Keanu is practically perfect.

Cast

Donnie Barksdale
Keanu Reeves
Cate Blanchett
Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson
Hillary Swank
Valerie Barksdale
Greg Kinnear
Wayne Collins
Giovanni Ribisi
Buddy Cole
Katie Holmes
Jessica King
J.K. Simmons
Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Danny Elfman
Tommy Lee Ballard
Russell Comegys
Ben Sr.

Buy this kick-ass movie!

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