Film Credits Director: Sam Raimi Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Gary Cole, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Chelcie Ross, John Beasley, Lynnsee Provence, Hunter McGilvray
In Theaters: January 19th, 2001 In the tiny town of Brixton, Georgia where nothing is private, a woman with supernatural clairvoyance, a young beautiful socialite who has mysteriously disappeared, and an assortment of colorful characters all collide.
Good-natured Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is a recently widowed mother of three young boys who must bear the burden of "the gift" of psychic vision. To support herself and her family, Annie gives readings to a variety of emotionally troubled and needy neighbors, from a disturbed car mechanic to an abused housewife. "Most people who go for readings want to know about money, love and the future," explains Blanchett, "They're unsettled."
Yet not every "gift" is a blessing. There are those in the town who suspect that the messages in Annie's cards are simply hocus-pocus ... or worse, Satan's handiwork. When the wealthy, beautiful, and sexually promiscuous Jessica King (Holmes) is found missing, her bound and ravaged body begins to haunt Annie through her visions. When the authorities are short on leads, they reluctantly turn to Annie for clues. Now, even Annie has to confront the darkest depths of her gift and enter a world beyond her worst nightmares.
In an eerie small town where few people can be trusted and corruption infects every institution like a creeping vine, Annie must not only uncover Jessica's killer, but stop him before she becomes the next victim.
The supernatural becomes terrifyingly real when Annie's "gift" becomes her only hope to save herself and her family. Annie must not only figure out who killed Jessica King, but stop the real killer before she becomes his next victim. Annie's gift leads her to the edge of the abyss, where only her commitment to the truth can set her free.
