Who'da thought Evil Dead auteur Sam Raimi would turn out to be such a gifted director of actors? Australian Blanchett, unjustly overlooked by the Oscars, delivers a dead-on portrayal of a Southern psychic called in to help locate a missing belle (Katie Holmes) in Raimi's deeply spooky gothic shocker. Among the multifarious standout supporting performers are Ribisi (as an unstable grease monkey), Oz's J.K. Simmons (as a cynical sheriff), and Keanu Reeves, who's unbelievably terrifying as an evil redneck. In a word, whoa.
EW's GRADE
A-Details Movie Rated: R; Genre: Mystery and Thriller; With: Cate Blanchett, Greg Kinnear, Keanu Reeves and Hilary Swank; Distributor: Paramount Classics
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