Gothika

Pros: Some interesting things going on. Halle Gerry and Robert Downy Jr
Cons: Not the most original movie. Some things left unexplained.

There are many movies out in theaters now that I want to see. I’ve been able to go to more movies again recently. I’ve been wanting to see Gothika ever since I first saw a preview of the movie. I recently went to see it. Dr. ...

Pros: Halle Berry gives a performance worth watching.
Cons: This dark, eerie ghostly tale has been done before.

Gothika starts off as a spooky thriller revolving around Psychiatrist Miranda Grey (Halle Berry) who is treating patients at a Woodward Penitentiary which looks like something right out of a gothic Batman movie. The film begins ...

Pros: Good acting, creepy lighting
Cons: Been there, done that.

Just got back from the first matinee on opening day. I hadn't expected greatness having seen the previews.. but I did expect better than this. Gothika is about a "brilliant" psychiatrist who ends up in her own asylum. The movie covers how she ...

Pros: acting, story-text, some of the directing
Cons: some factual holes, some weird story-lines

Gothika came out last year, and was touted as the thriller of the year. It was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and stars Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Penelope Cruz, and Charles S. Dutton. The preview used the lag-line "Because someone is dead doesn't ...

Pros: Kind of creepy, in a "boo" sort of way
Cons: Completely unoriginal.

One of these days I'm going to learn that ghost movies just don't scare me like they used to, and I should stop wasting my time on them in the theatres. I'm not sure if I just got over them, or if it's just because they are all the same. The ...

Pros: Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, One really tight black sweater.
Cons: Paranormal assistance is the only way this movie works.

This movie had its moments but for the most part it was a murder-mystery that needed paranormal assistance with its plotline. One might say that after the movies runtime of 95 minutes that it was nothing more than Halle Berry reprising Haley Joel Osment’ ...

Pros: the acting, creepy setting, tense first half
Cons: boring second half, plodding and predictable

Gothika is the story of Miranda Grey (Halle Berry), a successful psychiatrist who, in one of the more extreme illustrations of the dangers of driving while on a cell phone, almost runs a girl over, blacks out, and wakes up in the same ...

Pros: Concept, look and feel of movie. Strong acting.
Cons: Thoroughly disappointing ending and plot resolution.

Halle Berry is not that great. I don't care how beautiful she is, or what Oscar she won, or who she married, or how she was brought up. I am not impressed. And yes, I am hatin'. So sue me. Now that that's out of the way, let me say this: my disdain ...

Pros: Excellent performances, lovely direction, just plain creepy.
Cons: The resolution is seriously lacking.

With many horror gems like Fear dot Com (surprisingly), and Marcus Nispel’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake appearing lately, it just seems all the more surprising that Gothika would be among them. Now, while not quite the ...

Pros: a few good scares, visually impressive
Cons: bad dialogue, rough story with plenty of plot holes, uninspiring ending

There are many implausible events and unanswered questions in the new sleek-looking thriller, "Gothika." Would a prison psychiatrist accused of murder be locked up in the same facility as her former patients, forced to live, eat and shower with them? ...

Pros: Starts with a few good ideas
Cons: Pretty much everything, cast, director, story

I seem to be going through one of those phases where if a DVD is given to me I feel the urge to watch it. It doesn’t matter what the film is or whether I’ve heard people say its good or bad before. I just seem to be in a frame of mind where I will pretty ...

Pros: Several very well-done creepy moments, Berry not playing Bond girl, Jinx...
Cons: Predictable story, terrible climax, misused camera tricks, bland characters, (excluding Cruz, who's barely in it).

I saw this movie at a free screening at school with a small auditorium filled with college students. Screaming girls, supposedly witty comments, inappropriate laughter... And depending on how you feel about rowdy crowds at movies, that's either a ...

Pros: acting, scenery, lighting (all effect mood well)
Cons: plot/story/script

Gothika is a film with so many twists and turns that at the end, I was at a lost of questions. Or quite simply, lost. Much praise can be given for the scenery, score, and acting, yet the story leaves much to be desired. The audience is never sure where ...

Pros: The movie begins with all the right formulas.
Cons: Warner Brothers gave Robert Downey Jr. money for his coke habit.

The Gothic tradition of violent change enveloped in mystery and steeped in moody atmosphere is re-imagined by Hollywood in "Gothika"...or so they want you to believe. Halle Berry plays criminal psychologist, Dr. Miranda Grey, whose stable life is ...

Pros: Great SPFX, cinematography looks great
Cons: Poor acting, bad script

Anyone old enough to remember the TV series CIRCLE OF FEAR or NIGHT GALLERY? They were mid-70s show in the vein of Rod Serling's TWILIGHT ZONE but the little episodes were very predictable and formula. Usually, someone was murdered and, usually, their ...