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The Cell

  • 2000
  • R
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
113K
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Jennifer Lopez in The Cell (2000)
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Psychological HorrorPsychological ThrillerSerial KillerCrimeHorrorSci-FiThriller

An F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kid... Read allAn F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.An F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.

  • Director
    • Tarsem Singh
  • Writer
    • Mark Protosevich
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Vince Vaughn
    • Vincent D'Onofrio
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    113K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,458
    668
    • Director
      • Tarsem Singh
    • Writer
      • Mark Protosevich
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Lopez
      • Vince Vaughn
      • Vincent D'Onofrio
    • 758User reviews
    • 111Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 29 nominations total

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    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    • Catherine Deane
    Vince Vaughn
    Vince Vaughn
    • Peter Novak
    Vincent D'Onofrio
    Vincent D'Onofrio
    • Carl Stargher
    Colton James
    Colton James
    • Edward Baines
    Dylan Baker
    Dylan Baker
    • Henry West
    Marianne Jean-Baptiste
    Marianne Jean-Baptiste
    • Dr. Miriam Kent
    Gerry Becker
    Gerry Becker
    • Dr. Cooperman
    Musetta Vander
    Musetta Vander
    • Ella Baines
    Patrick Bauchau
    Patrick Bauchau
    • Lucien Baines
    Catherine Sutherland
    Catherine Sutherland
    • Anne Marie Vicksey
    James Gammon
    James Gammon
    • Teddy Lee
    Jake Weber
    Jake Weber
    • Gordon Ramsey
    Dean Norris
    Dean Norris
    • Cole
    Tara Subkoff
    Tara Subkoff
    • Julia Hickson
    Lauri Johnson
    Lauri Johnson
    • Mrs. Hickson
    John Cothran
    John Cothran
    • Agent Stockwell
    • (as John Cothran Jr.)
    Jack Conley
    Jack Conley
    • Agent Brock
    Kamar de los Reyes
    Kamar de los Reyes
    • Officer Alexander
    • Director
      • Tarsem Singh
    • Writer
      • Mark Protosevich
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    User reviews758

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    6paulclaassen

    Incredible! Stunning visuals.

    We've seen this type of story before, but not like this! Wow, bloody, wow, the film's visuals are unusual and incredible! Almost every scene is masterfully done. To add to the visual experience, the photography and cinematography are equally impressive. The editing is also fantastic. The costumes and make-up are also absolutely stunning.

    This is the story of a sick madman - abused as a child - who abducts women and transforms them into dolls. There are a few very disturbing images, so be warned. The dream world is very realistically created to look and feel like a dream. This is one incredible movie! You can't help but marvel at this cinematic achievement!
    10oroszi

    Not understood by most

    Probably the most underrated serial killer movie of all, past and to come, times. Never seen anything like that. Not only the visual, by the way astonishing, but also the concept. If you are a serious movie lover, specially this genra, it is a must to see.
    7oxblood

    Nightmarishly good, but far from perfect.

    Style over substance. But what a style it is. "The Cell" is the internal version of most serial killer movies. Unfortunately, the story hardly supports the visuals.

    Psychotherapist Catherine Deane (J-Lo) goes into her patients' dreams via artificial means to discover and help them over come their phobias and obsessions. A new patient whose fallen into a coma, is brought to her attention by the FBI. He's a serial killer who drowns his female victims then poses their bodies in grotesque scenarios like mannequins. Deane must enter the killer's mind and navigate through his sick fantasies in order to find and save his latest victim.

    Director Tarsem Singh has incredible visions and set pieces for this production. Each dream sequence is like a nightmare-ish painting in motion, from the landscapes to the costumes.

    But the plot suffers from lack of history of its characters. Stargher is the only person with a thorough background and he's the last person you want to care about. Without him, you basically have a movie that moves in the present tense only, which is a shame since the movie is so visually stunning and genuinely scary. Lopez is wasted but she's not that amazing an actress anyway, though she's as gorgeous as ever. And Vince Vaughn? I don't even know why he was chosen. This is not his forte and he overacts to boot. He tried too hard to become his character and it showed. Stick to comedy, Vince! Even so, this movie is so visually frightening, I still watch this movie with the lights on and can never fall asleep right away afterward.
    9asthmaticpunk

    It's All In the Pictures

    Forget about the plot of this movie. Forget about the fact that it is wonderfully acted by Vince Vaughn and Vincend D'Onofrio. Forget about the fact that it is one of the few movies starring Jennifer Lopez that I can stomach. Although the story may be impossible to believe and much of the dialogue seems contrived, the one and only important thing to remember when contemplating watching this movie is that it contains some of the most amazing and disturbing imagery ever put on film. It is as if Salvador Dali decided to make a crime drama. A must see for anyone seriously interested in cinematography and the use of the film cell as a canvas on which to display true works of visual art. I would have to give this movie a 9/10 for it's amazing visual display.
    JohnnyPHreak

    You ain't seen nothing yet...

    I've said before that some films are like `nothing you have ever seen before'. Well, The Cell takes that saying and burns it down, blows it up and drowns it. This movie is something you could and can be only imagined. And if you then told someone about it they'd have you locked up for a very long time. It could be categorized as a Sci-fi thriller and then as a serial killer film. Like Seven and Silence of the Lambs this is not the ordinary serial killer film. It stands on it's own as a new kind of thriller.

    Jennifer Lopez stars as Catherine Deane, the best psychotherapist in the business. She works for a company who has developed the latest technology in therapy. She has the ability to go inside the mind of anyone and find out the reasoning to his or her distress. Enter Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn), a FBI agent tracking down a very sick serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), who drowns his victims then dresses them up like dolls. On a FBI raid of his home Stargher goes into a coma and the whereabouts of his next victim are unknown. So Deane takes the job of going into his mind to find out where the victim is being held. And that's when this film gets intense, seriously intense.

    The director Tarsem Singh, known for the award winning R.E.M. video `Losing my Religion', blows away everything you could have imagined. The dream sequences are beautifully shot with many camera tricks, creepy color distribution, graphic images, and a tense score. They are extremely trippy and surreal. They actually have a dream feel because anything goes and there are no rules. Lopez performance is as good as she looks. She nails the psychotherapist dead on and does a great job in showing the different aspects of her character. Vince is Vince, very cool, very low key, and very real. D'Onofrio will scare you. His Carl Stargher would make even Hannibal Lecter scream for mommy. This guy is more disturbed than ever imagined. He has to be seen to believe it.

    Tarsem, with this film, has become one of my favorite directors and I will go see any film with his name on it. The Cell can only be described as a Sci-fi serial killer thriller that's visually disturbing, creepy, and one of the wildest films ever. It runs along the line with Seven for a good serial killer film and Event Horizon for a graphically sick and twisted film. This is best summer movie and the best film I've seen all year.

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    • Trivia
      Vincent D'Onofrio later admitted that his wife refused to sleep in the same bed with him for two weeks after seeing his performance in the movie.
    • Goofs
      Any goofs occurring in the "subconscious" world which the characters enter, do not have to be consistent or conform to realistic physics, as the subconscious is arbitrary, and can create whatever rules it wants.
    • Quotes

      Miriam: Did we go sailing?

      Catherine Deane: Almost! Mocky-Lock showed up.

      Miriam: [saying a nursery rhyme] Mocky-Lock is the boogeyman, Mocky-Lock wants me where I am!

      Catherine Deane: Mocky-Lock is a pain in the ass.

    • Alternate versions
      One scene, where Vincent D'Onofrio hangs on his piercings, masturbating over the dead body of a woman, was not included in the US theatrical or DVD release, but can be seen in the European one. However, the US Blu-ray happens to contain the director's cut of the film, despite not being labelled as such on the packaging and the R-rating listed on the back. The runtime is listed as 109 (the length of the director's cut) which marks the first time the film has been released uncut in the US.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Cell: Deleted Scenes (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      O Sciore Cchiu Felice
      Written by Raiz (as G. Della Volpe), Stefano Facchielli (as S. Facchielli), Giovanni Mantice (as G. Mantice), Pier Paolo Polcari and Gennaro Tesone (as G. Tesone)

      Performed by Almamegretta (as Alma Me Gretta)

      Courtesy of BMG Ricordi S.p.A.

      By Arrangement with The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

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    • Release date
      • August 18, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La célula
    • Filming locations
      • Namibia
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • Caro-McLeod
      • RadicalMedia
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $33,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $61,334,059
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,515,050
      • Aug 20, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $104,155,843
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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