Gothika(2003).A criminal psychologist awakens to find herself a patient in the institution where she works, with no memory of the murder she's accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory - and her freedom - a vengeful spirit manipulates her. Written byAnonymous... Synopsis Gothika(2003)
Movie Title: Gothika(2003)
Run Time: 98 min
Rating: 5.7 / 10
Genres: Horror |Thriller
Release Date: 21 November 2003 (USA)
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Writer: Sebastian Gutierrez... and other credits
Actor: Halle Berry,Penélope Cruz,Robert Downey Jr.
Halle Berry plays brilliant criminal psychologist, Dr. Miranda Grey; an expert in what is rational, logical and sane. After she encounters a mysterious young girl, she finds herself confined to the institute in which she once worked; along side the patients she once treated. She has to rationalise what is real in her own mind, before she loses it forever.
The setting and atmosphere that is created in Gothika is excellent, and the movie is definitely creepy enough to jangle your nerves. Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz and Robert Downey Jnr all fit into their roles nicely; the problem is plain and simple. The storyline and script are too weak to achieve what this movie sets out to do, and because of some lame dialogue and a flawed plot the movie only manages to be decent; when it really should have been great.
6/10 It's still worth watching.
