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The Presence

  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
3.7K
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Mira Sorvino in The Presence (2010)
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A woman travels to an isolated cabin she begins to think she is losing her mind when her boyfriend comes to stay.A woman travels to an isolated cabin she begins to think she is losing her mind when her boyfriend comes to stay.A woman travels to an isolated cabin she begins to think she is losing her mind when her boyfriend comes to stay.

  • Director
    • Tom Provost
  • Writer
    • Tom Provost
  • Stars
    • Mira Sorvino
    • Shane West
    • Justin Kirk
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    3.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tom Provost
    • Writer
      • Tom Provost
    • Stars
      • Mira Sorvino
      • Shane West
      • Justin Kirk
    • 71User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Mira Sorvino
    Mira Sorvino
    • The Woman
    Shane West
    Shane West
    • Ghost
    Justin Kirk
    Justin Kirk
    • The Man
    Tony Curran
    Tony Curran
    • The Man In Black
    Muse Watson
    Muse Watson
    • Mr. Browman
    Deobia Oparei
    Deobia Oparei
    • Woodsman
    Adam Croce
    • Figure in Boat
    • Director
      • Tom Provost
    • Writer
      • Tom Provost
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    6andreahrg

    Interesting

    I liked this! Saw it had an average score of 4 and thought it be a bad horror movie to watch before bed, but it was actually really interesting, i should say. It is by no means a horror, but it is just abstract enough so that you want to keep watching. recomended!
    8gary-schiltz

    Different and pretty good

    My wife and I just watched it, and I thought it was quite good. It is certainly somewhat of a "chick flick", which probably accounts for many of the negative reviews (I actually don't see why so many guys don't like romantic movies). Now, if you try to make too much sense of it from a rational point of view, then you'll be missing the whole point. On the surface, it's a ghost story, but really it's about a woman struggling to come to terms with the male demons from her past and cast them out. It's kind of like abstract art - it's an emotional piece that amplifies what's inside the viewer. It sort of reminded me of "What Dreams May Come", another favorite of mine. I suggest you give it a shot.
    4TheDelBellos

    Genre not totally accurate.

    I watched this movie yesterday and was very disappointed. It is definitely not a horror movie, so don't waste your time if your looking for that. Somewhat a thriller, but definitely a drama.

    It started out very strange...and boring. I made myself sit and wait to see if it got any better. The first 5 minutes was a waste of time. Still shots of the inside of the house...each room...and they lasted for eternity. It finally found it's way into a "movie". Yes, the acting is great as well as the scenery. I loved the old cabin. It had it's potential to be a very good, scary movie, but it simply lacked that.

    There were so many empty holes at several intervals of the movie. The storyline didn't share what was fully going on. No explanation of certain events.

    I did watch the entire movie but I could have turned it off at any point as I knew I wasn't going to miss much. If you have nothing else to watch, it's watchable. But if you have an option for another to watch, do so. I would skip this one.
    6jordondave-28085

    This one was an exceptional ghost movie that is not entirely on scares

    (2010) The Presence SUPERNATURAL DRAMA

    Watching this film is like a short story expanded into a long subtle ghost story movie where nothing really happens throughout until the final act. Where the makers are asking us to observe and hold out until near the end is when things really start to happen. Co-produced, written and directed by Tom Provost starring Mira Sorvino as a woman walking into an isolated cabin on a island. And there appears to be a man inside of this cabin that she can't see who happens to be a ghost who is "The Presence" hence the title, he's played by Shane West. As this ghost stands around doing nothing exciting enough to scare her or anyone for that matter, except automatically turning on a record player or dislocating some books, we have come to the conclusion that the ghost is only a neutral ghost. Viewers get to know more information regarding the history of the cabin, as well as another ghost who happens to be up to no good, and doesn't conveniently appear until her boyfriend shows up. All I can say is that to say anymore is pointless, since their isn't really a plot to speak about except to say that the film is not even scary at all. It is however an "unique" one in the sense that in real life when things seem to move out of place, we can sometimes safely assume that it's the result of the ghost that moved those things in the same way people can believe in miracles. That if theirs a good ghost that there also must also be an evil one too, or an undivided one.
    Kirpianuscus

    noble intentions

    It is one of films who creates, scene by scene , ambiguous or different feelings . The silent beginning is great and you hope be silent whole film. Mira Sorvino does a good job but the too bizarre make up for poor Shane West- reduced at real presence - is not so inspired option. And the clash between woman and her boyfriend, the mystical final, the man in black in the bout and the black man as universal answer are too unconvincing. Short, noble intentions, beautiful beginning, poor Shane West and Justin Kirk , missing story , admirable cinematography and the desire to give a sort of spiritual or mystic film. But it fails.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      There is no dialogue spoken for the first 17 minutes of this movie.
    • Goofs
      The motor on the small boat the woman takes out for the day is clearly an electric trolling motor, yet the sound is that of a gas powered engine.
    • Quotes

      The Man In Black: You can't get something for nothing.

    • Soundtracks
      Echoes of Harlem
      by Duke Ellington

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    • Release date
      • August 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Screamworks Records (Sweden)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lời Gọi Trong Đêm
    • Filming locations
      • Mount Hood, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Khartoum
      • Flatland Pictures
      • Saturn Harvest Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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