Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- brooding
- eerie
- foreboding
- late night horror
- rainy day viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film atmospheric and well acted, especially by Cate Blanchett, while judging its familiar whodunit plotting and predictable, unsatisfying resolution as limiting.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Annie Wilson's visions of missing Jessica King provide clues that draw her into the local mystery.
The small town near coastal Georgia is populated by suspicious, damaged, and socially entangled residents.
Annie's nightmares and premonitions connect the backwoods setting to an atmosphere of impending violence.
The story's supernatural mystery is tied to abuse and incest within the town's private lives.
Films like The Gift, and why
The Skeleton Key
shares southern gothic atmosphere, supernatural intuition, and a small-town murder mystery
Stir of Echoes
shares a clairvoyant protagonist, eerie visions, and a crime investigation shaped by buried local secrets
The Sixth Sense
shares supernatural suspense, psychological unease, and a troubled community hiding violent wrongdoing
Cape Fear
shares southern gothic characterization, domestic abuse themes, and a tense investigation into a missing woman
Movie Details
- Director
- Sam Raimi
- Release Date
- 2000-12-22
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (1452)
Cast
- Cate Blanchett
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Keanu Reeves
- Katie Holmes
- Greg Kinnear
- Hilary Swank
- Michael Jeter
- Kim Dickens
- Gary Cole
- Rosemary Harris
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Gift about?
- A financially strained widow with clairvoyant visions is pulled into the disappearance of a young woman amid the secrets and violence of a southern town.
- What is The Gift like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Gift as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Gift violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Gift as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Gift?
- Critics broadly found the film atmospheric and well acted, especially by Cate Blanchett, while judging its familiar whodunit plotting and predictable, unsatisfying resolution as limiting.
- Which films are like The Gift?
- Films with a similar feel include The Skeleton Key, Stir of Echoes, The Sixth Sense, and Cape Fear.
- How long is The Gift?
- The Gift runs 112 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Gift?
- In United States, The Gift streams on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel.
