
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma an... (Full plot summary below)
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Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
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| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesThe best thing about the movie is that, if Kelly was really aiming to please the average popcorn-munchers, he fails. He can't help it. |
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiWhat seems on the surface to be just another hacky sellout from a once-interesting filmmaker on the commercial skids is actually one of the most genuinely freaky and fascinating films of the year. |
| Richmond Times-DispatchMike WardThe dude behind Donnie Darko and kid from Richmond's South Side has crafted the kind of movie that will have some diggin' its trippy cosmic karma, and others trashing its gimmick gone wild. |
| Horror HackerMaitland McDonaghRichard Kelly's convoluted moral thriller gets off to a terrifically eerie start but collapses beneath the weight of its Big Ideas. |
| ScreenwizeCris KennedyI'd like to think there is a director's cut coming at some point to fill in the gaping holes. |
| EmpireMark DinningMovie Marmite. Many will be perplexed. Donnie Darko fans should lap it up. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezThe Box is a mess, but it's a curiously haunting, intriguing, brain-tickling mess, and it delivers that "Donnie Darko" feeling in truckloads. Or should that be rocketloads? |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis movie kept me involved and intrigued, and for that I'm grateful. I'm beginning to wonder whether, in some situations, absurdity might not be a strength. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. Anderson[Director Kelly] ventures boldly into the ludicrous, and comes out the other side with an even more sinister conclusion. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisThe Box is the work of a visionary flirting with commercialism after having so grandly flouted it with “Southland Tales.’’ He doesn’t give in completely. Several trips to the megaplex might be required for The Box to make complete sense. |