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Article: This Nicole Will Haunt Tom.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2001
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Byline: Rex Reed
After the awful Eyes Wide Shut and the pretentious, hysterical Moulin Rouge, Nicole Kidman redeems herself with The Others, looking as patrician and translucent (and wearing the same wonderfully straight, uncluttered hairstyle) as she did in her best film to date, To Die For. Tom Cruise co-produced The Others, and the forthcoming Hollywood premiere promises to deliver them both. What a media circus that ought to be. Meanwhile, the film stands on its own, and it's very good indeed.
Meticulously directed by Chile's Alejandro Amenabar, who also wrote the screenplay, The Others is that rarest kind of ghost story-sophisticated, stylish and ...