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The Cell
- Review Date: May 19, 2003
- R
- Genre: Science Fiction
- 2000
Common Sense Media says
A movie with no plot, no logic, no meaning.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that the movie has many gross, upsetting, and scary moments, including child abuse, torture, murder, perversion, mutilation, a terrifying full-immersion baptism, and characters in peril. A character smokes marijuana to calm her nerves.
What's the story?
A serial killer is in some sort of irreversible catatonia, and the police need to find where he has hidden his last victim, who may still be alive. So they turn to Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez), who has developed a means to communicate with comatose patients by entering their dreams. The police decide to allow her to see if she can make any progress with the serial killer.
Is it any good?
I think the idea here was to cross The Silence of the Lambs with The Matrix. THE CELL's so-called plot seems to be just an excuse for lots and lots of stunning but often gruesome surreal visual effects that fall somewhere between the hyper-clarity of a nightmare and the claustrophobic grotesquery of a bad acid trip.
The movie is all sensation, no plot, no logic, no meaning, no effort to explore or illuminate. It is filled with juxtapositions that seem more meaningful than they are, creating an illusion of profundity that dissolves before your eyes.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about what it would be like to enter someone else's mind and about the differences in the ways individuals think. They may also want to talk about mental illness, its causes and treatments.
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Kid, 12 years old
April 9, 2008
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this is my favorite movie its a comlete mind bender
this is the kind of thing you would see when you where on an acid trip. imagine going deep into the mind of a killer and seeing his world and wht he thinks about his victims, scary right well watch this movie and see hwat it would be like.
note this is the tripy'est movie i have seen in my life its one of the best to
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Parent of 15 year old
February 18, 2010
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An extremely surreal and disturbing film. I have never seen anything quite like it. It captures the mood and atmosphere of a nightmare so perfectly. If you have not watched it yet, you must. One of my all time favorites. As for content, it is VERY disturbing and creepy overall and has some violent and gory scenes.
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| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Director: | Tarsem Singh |
| Cast: | Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |
| Run time: | 107 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | August 18, 2000 |
| DVD release date: | December 19, 2000 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | bizarre violence and sexual images, nudity and language |
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