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29/10/2009 Thriller, Science Fiction 1h 55m
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You are the experiment.

Overview

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

  1. Richard Kelly

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Cameron Diaz

    Norma Lewis

  2. James Marsden

    Arthur Lewis

  3. Frank Langella

    Arlington Steward

  4. James Rebhorn

    Norm Cahill

  5. Holmes Osborne

    Dick Burns

  6. Sam Oz Stone

    Walter Lewis

  7. Gillian Jacobs

    Dana

  8. Celia Weston

    Lana Burns

  9. Lisa K. Wyatt

    Rhonda Martin

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-05-31
If you push the button, two things will happen.

The best quote I ever saw as regards Richard Kelly's The Box, was that it is a Marmite movie. Marmite is a food substance that people either love or hate, The Box is a Marmite movie.

Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star as a couple who are visited by a mysterious stranger (Frank Langella) who has a bizarre offer. The Box now in the couple's possession has a button (Langella's mysterious Arlington Steward informs them it's called the Button Unit), they are told that if they push the button then a complete stranger will die, they will then re...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$30,000,000.00

Revenue
$33,333,531.00

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