Rent The Gift (2000)
3.4 of 5 from 168 ratings
1h 47min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
In rural Georgia, recently widowed psychic Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) works as a tarot reader to support her young family. When she is introduced to her son's affable school principal (Greg Kinnear) and his socialite fiancée (Katie Holmes), Annie has a grisly premonition of things yet to come. After her violent vision comes true, all eyes turn to Annie, leaving her with no choice but to use her clairvoyant abilities to find the culprit herself. Could it be the abusive husband (Keanu Reeves) of one of Annie's regular clients (Hilary Swank)? Or the nervy mechanic (Giovanni Ribisi) whose yearning for friendship masks an uncontrollable rage? Or is another terrible secret hiding in plain sight? - Actors:
- Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Gary Cole, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Chelcie Ross, John Beasley, Lynnsee Provence, Hunter McGilvray, Nathan Lee Lewis, Benjamin Peacock, Clay James, David Brannen, Russell Durham Comegys
- Directors:
- Sam Raimi
- Producers:
- James Jacks, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg
- Writers:
- Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Cate Blanchett
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/01/2025
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital Stereo, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
- Brand new audio commentary by critic Meagan Navarro
- Isolated music and effects track
- Haunting Visions, a newly filmed interview with actor Chelcie Ross
- Savage Waters, a newly filmed interview with editors Bob Murawski and Arthur Coburn
- Southern Gothic, a newly filmed interview with composer Christopher Young
- Four archive featurettes: The Gift: A Look Inside, The Making of The Gift, The Cast on Sam Raimi and Sam Raimi on The Cast
- Promotional interviews with Sam Raimi, Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves and Giovanni Ribisi
- Footage from the film's world premiere
- Music video for Furnace Room Lullaby by Neko Case
- Theatrical trailer, TV spots and radio spots
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/01/2025
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
- Brand new audio commentary by critic Meagan Navarro
- Isolated music and effects track
- Haunting Visions, a newly filmed interview with actor Chelcie Ross
- Savage Waters, a newly filmed interview with editors Bob Murawski and Arthur Coburn
- Southern Gothic, a newly filmed interview with composer Christopher Young
- Four archive featurettes: 'The Gift: A Look Inside', 'The Making of 'The Gift', 'The Cast on Sam Raimi' and 'Sam Raimi on The Cast'
- Promotional interviews with Sam Raimi, Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves and Giovanni Ribisi
- Footage from the film's world premiere
- Music video for "Furnace Room Lullaby" by Neko Case
- Theatrical trailer, TV spots and radio spots
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Reviews (2) of The Gift
Horror drama - The Gift review by JD
Horror is not a respectable genre but Blanchett and Reaves can do anything with any genre. Their performances are stunning. Reaves character is utterly repugnant and hateful but somehow you admire him for playing it so well. Blanchett plays a witch/tarot card reader/heroine character so well it almost makes you side with the paranormal. Good punchy drama with a few horror bits but don't let that put you off.
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Mystery Thriller With A Supernatural Edge - The Gift review by GI
A mystery crime thriller, a whodunnit, with a courtroom drama episode and a supernatural element from director Sam Raimi. It's marked by a particular but typically brilliant and nuanced role from Cate Blanchett and a rare bad guy role from Keanu Reeves. The plot, whilst flawed, twists and turns keeping you guessing for the most part and the narrative , from writer Billy Bob Thornton, is interesting and entertaining although relies a little too much in the denouement on the plot device of 'visions'. Annie (Blanchett) is a recently widowed mother of three young sons living in America's Deep South. Annie has an inherited psychic gift where she can see events both in the past and future and to supplement her meagre income she gives card readings to locals some of whom hold her in deep suspicion. When she gets involved in the investigation of the disappearance of a local socialite she finds herself front and centre in the trial of a local man for murder. Costarring Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear and J. K. Simmons this is a reasonably clever thriller that benefits from the cast and their performances with the setting of the menacing swamplands adding to the mystery. Worth checking out if you've never seen it.
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