Gothika DVD

A brilliant and respected criminal psychologist, Dr.miranda grey, is an expert at knowing what is rational. Under the direction of her husband, she treats dangerously disturbed patients. But her life is thrust into terrifying jeopardy after a cryptic encounter with a mysterious young girl leads to a nightmare.

"Gothika will manage to quicken your pulse and keep you in state of nervous anticipation.  A.O. Scott / New York Times
"Insanely creepy...  Jeffrey K. Howard, ABC-TV
"...delivers jolts. It scared me silly.  Josh Larsen, Sun Publications

Editor's Note

GOTHIKA stars Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey's only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a rain-soaked road. The incarcerated and medicated Grey is now haunted by the same apparition, and she must convince her former colleague Pete Graham (Robert Downey Jr.) that she is not insane or guilty of murder. Meanwhile, the seemingly mad ramblings of Chloe (Penelope Cruz), one of Grey's former patients, now make more sense, and Grey must throw aside clinical logic to solve the supernatural murder mystery.

Kassovitz, who is already a capable actor (AMELIE) and director (CRIMSON RIVERS), makes the leap to Hollywood filmmaking with GOTHIKA. Drawing from heavily from the Japanese horror renaissance that began with RINGU in the late 1990s, Kassovitz conjures up a forebodingly stark and shadowy tale. Berry continues her remarkable string of success (after her Oscar-winning role in MONSTER'S BALL, along with DIE ANOTHER DAY and X-MEN 2), portraying Grey as a traumatized and vulnerable yet determined woman who must unravel the brutal and bizarre knot of her own lost memory. As Grey's coworker, Downey Jr. adds an intriguing element to the film, and Cruz, as a frustrated inmate, gives an unusual quirky performance. A scare-laden thriller that delights in the strange and the frightening, GOTHIKA proves to be one of the finest of 2003's many horror films.

Features

DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Dolby Digital (5.1), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, No Longer Produced

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Warner
	Release Date: 1/31/2012
	Running Time: 98 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2003
	Catalog ID: 28379
	UPC: 00085392837922
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed
	Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Standard 1.33:1 [4:3]

Cast & Crew

	Charles Dutton
	Halle Berry
	John Carroll Lynch
	Penelope Cruz
	Robert Downey Jr.
	Don Carmody - Executive Producer
	Graham Walker - Production Designer
	John Ottman - Musical Score
	Mathieu Kassovitz - Director
	Matthew Libatique - Cinematographer
	Sebastian Gutierrez - Writer
	Susan Levin - Producer
	Yannick Kergoat - Editor

Awards

Image Award (2004)
	Halle Berry, Nominee, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
	Charles Dutton, Nominee, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly
"...Berry takes on the plump genre role with tense earnestness. And she's met head-on by Robert Downey Jr...." 11/28/2003 p.98

Chicago Sun-Times
"The casting of Halle Berry is useful to the movie, because she evokes a vulnerable quality that triggers our concern." 11/21/2003 p.38

James Berardinelli's ReelViews 4 of 10
Gothika is a train-wreck of a motion picture. It opens fine, even going so far as to generate - James Berardinelli

Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
Any criticism of this movie that says it doesn't make sense is missing the point. Any review that fa - Roger Ebert