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Ghost story in which a repressed female psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the very asylum where she worked with no memory of why she is there and what she has done.

Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   26,628 votes
Director:
Mathieu Kassovitz
Writer (WGA):
Sebastian Gutierrez (written by)
Release Date:
21 November 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
Because someone is dead doesn't mean they're gone. more
Plot:
Ghost story in which a repressed female psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the very asylum where she worked with no memory of why she is there and what she has done. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(41 articles)
Robert Downey Jr.
 (From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 7:32 PM, PST)

Carla Gugino To Play A Porn Star
 (From EmpireOnline. 16 December 2008, 3:43 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Misses the mark, but not by much. more
US TV Schedule:
Thur. Jan. 151:00 AMTBS   

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Halle Berry ... Miranda Grey

Robert Downey Jr. ... Pete Graham

Charles S. Dutton ... Dr. Douglas Grey

John Carroll Lynch ... Sheriff Ryan

Bernard Hill ... Phil Parsons

Penélope Cruz ... Chloe Sava
Dorian Harewood ... Teddy Howard
Bronwen Mantel ... Irene

Kathleen Mackey ... Rachel Parsons

Matthew G. Taylor ... Turlington
Michel Perron ... Joe

Andrea Sheldon ... Tracey Seavers
Anana Rydvald ... Glass Cell Nurse
Laura Mitchell ... Inmate

Amy Sloan ... Inmate
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, brief language and nudity.
Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada more
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Trivia:
Halle Berry broke her arm filming a scene with Robert Downey Jr.. Downey was supposed to grab her arm and twist but twisted too hard and the arm snapped. Production was halted for eight weeks. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Miranda is escaping the penitentiary in the borrowed car, she smashes the front of it in a collision with the back of a truck. Later, though, it appears the car is not damaged. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Chloe: He came back again last night and tore me like paper. He opened me like a flower of pain, and it felt good. He sank into me and set me on fire, like he always does. Made me burn from the inside out.
Miranda: How did you know it was the devil?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Mag-ingat Ka Sa... Kulam (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Reach Out I'll Be There more

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29 out of 42 people found the following comment useful:-
Misses the mark, but not by much., 29 October 2004
Author: mostlygreek from BLACKPOOL,ENGLAND

I have read many reviews that seemed to think Gothika was a waste of time. Let me just say, it is not a waste of time. in fact, the film was very enjoyable. it was shot well and the special effects were sophisticated and well handled. The cast was full of surprises such as Bernard Hill(great actor but a strange role). The story was interesting and there was genuine tension throughout.

Berry's character is a doctor in a mental institute. she wakes up to find herself an inmate in the very place she works. Her colleague and friend played by robert downy jnr tells her that she has committed a horrific crime and nobody knows why. so the plot begins to wind its way towards a shadowy truth. However, without giving anything away, the key scenes where important truths are revealed to the audience are simply too clumsy. information is just handed over visually on a plate and leaves little to the imagination. some of the tension built up in

the first half of the film is lost. and the truth isn't quite as gripping and terrifying as we would have hoped(although thats not to

say it is pleasant).

Robert Zemeckis was one of the producers and i think it shows..there is some great camera work and some really interesting ideas but gothika doesn't have some of the subtle touches that What Lies Beneath had, but its easy to see some of the parallels between the two films.

Even though halle berry wears the same look of shocked disbelief throughout the film, she plays it with conviction. and a supporting role from penelope cruz certainly doesn't take anything away from berry.

all in all, gothika provides a good story, an average screen play and enough innovative ideas to keep its audience. but i would have been disappointed if i had paid to watch it at the cinema.

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