Review – The Others

E for effort, but effort alone just isn’t enough to carry a 90-minute movie. The set-up in this ghostly tale is some of the best I’ve ever seen. The suspense builds slowly yet artfully, at worst a bit on the boring side but at best downright creepy. Sadly, there’s very little payoff. Sure, Nicole Kidman does a fine job in the lead, and even the little British kids (generally not my favorite sub-group of the thespian trade) turn in solid supporting performances. But in the end the story never gets much beyond a standard story of restless spirits. I’ll spare you the full accounting of all the turns of the screw, just in case anyone actually has an interest in sitting through this. But in general, this picture disappoints merely because it could have delivered so much more than it did. Mildly amusing