The Gift

Dec 22, 2000

1h 52m

★ 6.5

The only witness to the crime was not even there.

Overview

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Lakeshore Entertainment

Alphaville Films

Paramount Classics

The Gift Trailers

Cast

Annie Wilson

Cate Blanchett

Buddy Cole

Giovanni Ribisi

Donnie Barksdale

Keanu Reeves

Jessica King

Katie Holmes

Wayne Collins

Greg Kinnear

Valerie Barksdale

Hilary Swank

Gerald Weems

Michael Jeter

Linda

Kim Dickens

David Duncan

Gary Cole

Annie's Granny

Rosemary Harris

Sheriff Pearl Johnson

J.K. Simmons

Kenneth King

Chelcie Ross

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