The Others (2001)

The movie excels at setting up an eerie ambience- right from the first scene, you get the constant feeling that something messed up is going to happen. However, where the movie falters is its pace. I found it more slow moving than was really necessary. I get that they had to try and make the narrative unfold slowly so that the feeling of dread was intensified; with that being said, I still feel that it was a little too slow nonetheless. There were moments when I wished things would just move along, the final reveal be made, and we can all move on with our lives. 

The last 30 minutes of this movie are terrifying enough to maybe make up for the other faults. I say maybe because I'm still mad at the flaws, but I do appreciate how scary they were and how I'm thinking of their deeper implications only now. Also, Nicole Kidman has amazing screen presence (we been knew) and everytime she was not there, I could only think about how I wanted her back. Christopher Eccleston was sadly not given much, but he did the best with what he had. The rest of the cast were okay- not good, not bad, just okay. Very much like this film itself, now that I think about it.

In conclusion, Nicole Kidman. That's it, that's the conclusion.