Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 11/21/2003(USA)
Release Date: 03/23/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
A woman is taken on a voyage to the other side of sanity in this moody
thriller.
Dr. Miranda Grey (
Halle Berry) is a clinical psychologist who works alongside her husband,
Dr. Doug Grey (
Charles S. Dutton), in the mental ward of a top security prison, where
Miranda has been devoting much of her attention to a clever but deeply disturbed murderer named
Chloe (
Penélope Cruz), who shares gruesome tales of torture and violence that may or may not be based in fact. One night,
Miranda has a hideous nightmare in which a chance meeting with a strange young girl leads to a terrifying journey into madness. Once she wakes, however,
Miranda discovers that the real horror has just begun --
Doug has been brutally murdered, and the evidence points to
Miranda as the prime suspect. She soon finds herself a patient in the same facility where she once treated others, and finds that her claims of innocence and sanity do little to convince
Dr. Pete Graham (
Robert Downey Jr.), the psychologist assigned to her case.
Gothika marked the American debut of acclaimed and controversial French filmmaker
Mathieu Kassovitz.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
