Title: The Others Bereft of Themes and Ideas
Review: A slow, pretentious, academic film, The Others is enslaved to a single gimmick-driven plot with no character development and no real theme. In other words, The Others has nothing to say, so you have to watch a group of fine actors go through their perfunctory duties in order that the plot, in all of its self-congratulatory cleverness, is fulfilled. But what a long wait for the movie viewer, who must languish through all the cliches and bathos and paper-thin characters! And for what? There's no thematic pay-off here, no real idea. Finally, this is a very stiff and stage-bound film that is too self-conscious to jump out and connect with the viewer.
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