Review of The Gift

The Gift (2000)
4/10
Doesn't hold up with time
25 January 2021
Just watched this for the first time, and maybe it was "great" 30 years ago, but it certainly isn't now! The cast itself actually is good/bordering on great, and the actors do their best with the material, but the material is the issue. The story itself is trite, the murder is easily solvable, and the "surprise" at the end made me actually laugh out loud (I'm assuming that was *not* the response the director hoped to elicit). Bonus points for Blanchett's "tarot cards" coming straight out of Ghostbusters, though (wish I could attach a pic, they're hilarious - not actual tarot cards, they're legit cards with pics of just squiggly lines, stars, circles etc).
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