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Gothika Movie review by Dunya Hopefulsoul Release Date: November 21, 2003 (wide). Cast and Credits Starring: Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey, Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Bernard Hill Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz Produced by: L. Levin, Susan Levin, Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis A criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) awakens to find herself a patient in the very same mental institution in which she works, with no memory of the murder of her husband (Dutton) that she's accused of killing. As she tries to remember, and convince her coworkers of her innocence, a vengeful mean ass ghost uses her as an earthly helper, while abusing her badly... which only further convinces all involved of both her guilt and her quick descent into madness. I would like to say this movie was quite confusing. I knew this had a strange start to it. I didn't think she was the one to become ill. It starts off with her as a psychologist, talking to a gal that seems to have a story of being raped while in her room. But no one believes her because she's mental. The good DR decides to do a few things before going home. Robert Downey, Jr., a great part in this movie very creepy. Had me thinking he was the one bad guy so to speak. Well, I was definitely wrong. I didn't expect many things that happened in this movie, rapes and so on. Then the one most important kicker in the movie. One very pissed off ghost that happens to possess (Berry) and makes her do many strange things, like killing her husband for one, that lands her in the hospital where crap really starts to fly. In the end the things I expected were far from what happened. Like with her husband and a cop being involved with a kidnapping/rape and video taped it. How sick! And so on. So in all, this movie was one I could watch over and over. In my case I did in order to see what I had missed. I give it thumbs up on rentals for a Friday night. Until next time... Blessed Be, Dunya |