Product Review

Gift, The (2000) (DVD)

Oscar-Winner and Golden Globe. Winner Cate Blanchett leads an incredible all-star cast including Academy Award.-winner Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry), Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Katie Holmes (Wonder Boys), Giovanni Ri bisi (Saving Private Ryan), and Oscar.-nominee G reg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets) in this stylishly filmed mystery that's as eerie as a backwood s swamp with a dark secret beneath it 's even darker surface. Widow an d mother of three, Annie Wilson (Blanchett), makes her living by foretel ling others' futures...tho ugh her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violently jealous husband (Reeves) an d plagued by vi sions of a missing towns-girl (Holmes), Annie is unwitti ngly pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordin ary gift could be used against her...and get her killed. Written by Bi lly Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) and Tom Epperson (A Family Thing) , and d irected by Sam Raimi (A Simple Plan), The Gift is a gripping tale of sup ernatural intrigue...and chilling terror.