The Others

A high-strung woman, an isolated estate, two precocious children... You could be forgiven for thinking this derivative but carefully crafted chiller is mining the same psychological territory as the profoundly disturbing TURN OF THE SCREW. But it's not, and while Spanish writer-director Alejandro Amenábar (making his first film in English) works up some nicely spooky atmosphere, his script hinges on a surprisingly obvious twist that's apparent long before the story comes to its close. Jersey, the Channel Islands, 1945: Grace (Nicole Kidman, whose prissy accent and tight-lipped performance are more than a little grating), a deeply religious young mother, is raisi...