The Box

You Are The Experiment

An unhappily married couple are struggling financially when they get a bizarre offer: push the button on a wooden box, and receive one million dollars while killing a stranger. The wife takes the bait, but that sets in motion an unexpected chain of events involving an alien invasion.

112 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Violence).
Detective/Mystery, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

First time I see a million dollar bill!

Credits

Cast	Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn
Director	Richard Kelly
Screenplay	Richard Kelley, Richard Matheson
Music	Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Owen Pallett
Cinematography	Steven Poster
Editing	Sam Bauer
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2009
Produced by	Darko Entertainment, Lin Pictures, Media Rights Capital, Radar Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama, suspense, science fiction
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Moderate psychological and physical violence, not bloody or gory.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild, infrequent, no impact
Drug abuse	Brief smoking, infrequent
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Too contrived to muster up any scare	5
Die Burger Mariana Malan Nagmerrie wat jou dae lank bybly	10
Cape Times Betsy Sharkey Empty 'Box' despite the pretty wrapping	5
Box Office John P. McCarthy Far from pressing.	3
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This movie kept me involved and intrigued, and for that I'm grateful.	15
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Instead of sweeping you along, The Box just sits there like something unclaimed at lost and found. Damaged goods.	10
ScreenIt T. Durgin I was entertained and intrigued for most of the running time.	13
Metacritic.com 27 critics	9
Rottentomatoes critics 127 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Imaginative but often preposterous, The Box features some thrills but largely feels too piecemeal.	9
What the People say
Internet 12996 Netizens Uneventful	12
Average .. 46%	9