The Others (2001) | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction

[@jhornacek]

When Kidman first picks up the shotgun when she goes to search the house, she pauses and reacts to the shotgun in her hand for a moment. This is because for a brief moment she realized she has used this shotgun before, as we learn at the end of the film.

[@dantesummers4048]

I've watched this movie a million times and never picked that up. Omg. 😂

[@jhornacek]

@@dantesummers4048 I have to admit that I didn't notice this myself. I picked it up from someone else's comment from another reaction of this film. Can't remember who to credit for noticing this.

[@jmurdock8303]

Wow I never picked on that I am going to watch it back again. Thank you good looking

[@doctahinthehouse64]

YOOOOOOOOOO I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THAT TILL WATCHING THIS

[@SpicyMarcoBB]

Woah 🤯

[@learobinson4450]

Grace went after the kids while they were sleeping. She attacked Nicholas first. He never woke up so he had no awareness or memory of what happened. That’s why he kept denying that the mother had done anything bad. Anne woke up while the mother was smothering her brother. She was awake & aware when her mother kiIIed her. Unfortunately she was too young to understand that she & her brother were dead. She just knew their mother had done something terrible to them. That’s why she kept saying their mother went mad & hurt them. That’s why she was so angry & confrontational with the mother. After kiIIing the kids Grace “unalived” herself with a shot to the head. That’s why she had headaches. For me the part I would dread is having to cook & do house & yard work as a ghost. Why are Mrs. Mills, Mr. Tuttle & Lydia spending the afterlife working? Even after the big reveal Mrs. Mills puts on her apron & says she’s going to make tea. Their ghosts, they can’t really eat or drink & why would they care if the house is clean? I’ve cooked & cleaned & done enough laundry in this life. I’m not doing it in the next.

[@SevenEllen]

I think one explanation why ghosts might cook or clean is simply because they're familiar activities, and it might bring a comfort of sort.

[@Tusc9969]

I could care less about the CGI, as long as the story was solid, well written and the actors' performances were good. This film is one of the most underrated haunted films made!

[@mjelves]

so you DO care a little?

[@Tusc9969]

brush up on your reading comprehension my dude

[@mjelves]

@@Tusc9969 "I could care less" = I DO care to SOME degree". If you do not care at all, you "COULDN'T care less".

[@michaelme1548]

@@mjelvesThat bothers me too, every time I hear or read it. I don’t think it’s going away though. It seems too established to change back now.

[@je7055]

I think "everyone was dead" was the one configuration of characters being alive/dead that Arianna _didn't_ guess 😂But she certainly came much closer to guessing the twist than most folks

[@Caitorade]

My friends and I got to the theater late and ended up in the second row 😶😶. When the old lady opened the wardrobe door, a girl behind me threw her soda in the air 😂😂

[@chmod1777]

When I saw it, at the wardrobe moment someone down towards the front leapt out of their seat, sprinted out of the theater, and did not come back.

[@Caitorade]

@@chmod1777😂😂

[@Hey_Jamie]

r/thathappened

[@Caitorade]

@@Hey_Jamie so sorry nothing has ever happened to you

[@tankjr84]

Never realized Cat Stark was in this

[@smittyDXPS3]

A welcome surprise! Her name is Michelle Fairley, I believe.

[@SpicyMarcoBB]

From asking one husband to leave their home to asking another one to stay

[@heyheyjk-la]

My holy trinity of haunted house films is "The Haunting" from 1962 - which the series you're reacting to right now is based on - followed by "The Changeling" from 1980, and then this film. They're all great at this time of year, especially.

[@je7055]

The Changeling is the one movie, above all others, I wish YT reactors would pick up on. I don't know why George C. Scott shouting angrily at ghosts for two hours, and never actually being scared, works so well, but it does. Probably my all-time favorite haunted house movie.

[@djsoo]

The Changeling is an underated gem. It used to air in Canada a lot - probably because it was partially filmed in Vancouver.

[@nikkibee5608]

This is a favourite of mine, the tension just holds up so well with repeated viewings. IMO it’s one of Kidmans best performances. The severe 1940s clothing really suits her icy beauty as well.

[@MFuria-os7ln]

In the theater some boys and girls began laughing and making jokes at the beginning. Ten minutes later they were absolutely silent and stayed petrified until the end!

[@LaCheeserie]

That reminds me of watching No Country for Old Men. A couple near us was making out until the opening, and then they cut it out. It was tremendous

[@TheWindcrow]

@@LaCheeserie I'll do you one better. My 2 friends and I went to see Sin City. A family of 4 Mom/Dad/Son/daughter came in. The kids were about 8 and after the Goldie scene we saw the Mom get pissed and make them all leave. XD

[@LaCheeserie]

@@TheWindcrow Whoa, she must have gone into the wrong theater

[@TheWindcrow]

@@LaCheeserie the family thought it was a comic book movie which it was, but it was rated R from what I remember. I believe they had no idea what they were getting into.

[@LaCheeserie]

@@TheWindcrow Wild stuff. Yes a graphic novel, but technically a comic, same as Watchmen. Have to do a little research lol

[@Hey_Jamie]

“Oh that’s kind of concerning” I thought was that Tom Cruise was a producer (along with the Weinsteins) but nope. She just meant the artwork behind the opening credit lol

[@SpicyMarcoBB]

I was thinking the same thing I thought she meant because of Scientology

[@VictorLugosi]

You’re a dunce.. Tom cruise is the greatest actor of his generation and does more for charity than any person.

[@VictorLugosi]

@@SpicyMarcoBBname something Tom has done?

[@Hey_Jamie]

@@VictorLugosi sorry about your brainworms. Get well soon.

[@MrSlackPack]

The daughter: Mentions several times something about the mom snapping or attacking her that day. Arianna: I think the dad must have killed the kids after the mom snapped. 😂🤔🥴

[@davidpyorkshire]

A really creepy atmospheric film is the Innocents. It's in black and white from the early 60s. Scared me to death when I saw it as a child!

[@scottrivas2714]

Alejandro Amenàbar directed, wrote the script, AND composed the music for this movie.

[@dannyjorde2677]

The soundtrack is so brilliant

[@SS4Luxray]

I still believe Nicole should’ve gotten the Oscar nomination in 2002 for this film instead of Moulin Rogue.

[@jesterforhire]

Moulin Rouge took four years to make, she broke a rib due to the costuming, and she sang and danced a ton. It’s one of my favorites of all time but I really love this too.

[@ializarg]

@@jesterforhire Nicole Kidman was filming the last scenes of "Moulin Rouge!" at the same time she was filming this movie in Spain. In fact she couldn't do some "action scenes" because of that broken rib and the one who walks through the fog or runs with the shotgun at night and others is not her but her stunt double.

[@jeffberbert7784]

The best performance I have ever seen in a ghost story, and the children are terrific as well.

[@gazoontight]

The photos were mementi mori - mementos of the dead. Photography was very expensive; sometimes the ontly photo the family had was after death. "Grief over the death of a loved one can lead people to do the strangest things." Remember that line.

[@johnnydsnarkangel]

This is one of my wife's favourite movies. When she showed it to me, I guessed the twist almost immediately... In the middle of making a million guesses, so I was bound get one right by accident at some point :p By the time the ending came around, I actually forgot I had even guessed it, so I was still surprised

[@HorribleGamingFun]

first time i saw this was at the cinema and about half way in, the seaside town i lived in at the time got hit by a massive storm the likes of which i havent experienced since. The rain came down so hard it drowned out the speakers, thunder was exploding, wind was absolutely roaring and then power went out across the whole town, plunged the cinema into pitch black darkness had to get special tickets from the cinema to come back and see the movie another day and when me and the friend i had gone with to see the movie got outside, it was absolute fuckin chaos. Thank god i lived literally just across the street from the cinema, but even that small distance the rain was coming down like sledge hammers and the wind was actually making it hard for us to move against. When we got back to my place, part of a tree had come down in the back yard and nearly took out the garage and my mum and our dogs. Later when the storm had passed, we went for a drive around and there were trees all over that had been literally blown apart by lighting and wind and we found out a water sprout had popped out over the bay. was absolutely wild was great atmosphere for seeing a ghost movie XD

[@Micah_4D]

"Oh, that's kind of concerning"...as Tom Cruise's name is on screen. 🤣

[@TheYakusoku]

Followed by "Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein".

[@davepowder4020]

Oh, and the "living" wife, did anyone recognize Catelyn Stark? I tell you, living in a house with ghosts can make you want to go back and live in danger of White Walkers instead!

[@Prowl76]

I always thought it Joan Allen. Lol

[@isoldejaneholland8370]

Don't worry : EVERYBODY goes through the same plot anticipation gymnastics while watching this bloody movie. "Is he dead? Is she a ghost? Am I dead?" 😱😉 As everyone here is saying, Nicole Kidman is fantastic in this movie. As is Fionnula Flanagan as Mrs. Mills. (And yes, her beautiful accent is 100% authentic.) It's great to see The Others belatedly gaining traction as the classic it is. Unfortunately, the timing of its initial release - summer, 2001- could not have been worse for this subject. That summer, the whole country was horrified when a religious fantatic named Andrea Yates drowned her five children; it was all anybody could talk about. (Like Diddy right now........) She explained that by preventing them from growing up, she was saving them from a life of sin, followed by damnation. So mentally, we were not collectively prepared to be remotely sympathetic to the Grace character. And then of course on September 11, 2001 we got that whole mess piled on top. Nobody wanted this heap of PTSD-inducing cinematic suffering as well

[@Do0msday]

This is such a fantastic movie and Nicole Kidman's best performance. The setting of this movie is so creepy yet beautiful and I love how the lighting works. So glad you saw this and I still think the ending is very clever and not over the top.

[@Karaokuma]

I actually think The Others is better than The Sixth Sense in pretty much every way. I think it's better acted, better directed, better written, just everything. The problem is that because it came out after The Sixth Sense, everybody who'd seen The Sixth Sense saw the twist coming from a mile away.

[@primealpha2564]

Did you see there was no reflection of the husband when he was sitting on the bed

[@VampEdits]

I thought you could see him for just a flash while she’s opening the door of the armoire. Am I going ‘mad’? 😅 If his reflection is not actually there, that’s a sick detail I never noticed before! Thanks for shouting it out.

[@primealpha2564]

@@VampEdits no problem

[@jlilley73]

@@VampEdits Yes, he is in the reflection. I don't know if they meant to imply that he's on the wrong side of the bed, but it looks like the correct side IMO.

[@chrissiegle1065]

This movie and invasion are Nicole's best movies... such a great actress... Great reaction.

[@anonmuyous]

Eyes wide shut too!

[@davepowder4020]

The older nanny also played a role on Star Trek: The Next Generation, as Data's "Mother". She's quite the actress.

[@doctahinthehouse64]

The fact that the director also composed the music too is another level of pure W

[@KayinAngel]

I always forget this was 2001. For some reason I always think of it as a late 2000's or early 2010's film.

[@nataliebrunson1157]

Such a great, underrated ghost story! One of my favorites. That's why the mom always wanted her kids reading Bible verses. She was afraid they'd go to Hell after purgatory.

[@xpressivebex7162]

I love the piano scene it's so clever . If you watch it again it makes so much sense, lol

[@huh3864]

Usually I'm very bad and slow in guessing twists. But when I saw the movie in the theaters when it came out I pretty much guessed it correctly immediately. Probably because it was released shortly after The Sixth Sense using a similar scheme, and the most logic conclusion for me was that is was the other way round 😄

[@TrentRushton]

I think the biggest tragedy is Nicole Kidman's husband, it looks like he was killed in the war and his spirit now wanders.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

27:41 Did you recognise Catelyn Stark from Game of Thrones?

[@mastermill79]

Instantly, glad you caught that too 😊

[@mikeymad]

You were the first one to get it before the revel that I have seen - well done. - cheers

[@MickeyStartraveller]

This is how horror movies should be done.

[@Rich-f4k]

The first time I watched this was the first time I visited Jersey, it had been a really foggy day and about 10 minutes after the film ended there was a power cut. Struggled to sleep that night.

[@ThirdEye...]

It was made in purpuse to be foggy weird suspenceful till the End, for and with the Big Suprise twist at the End!

[@mwalsh47]

I actually had the ending of this movie spoiled for me by, of all things, a commercial for that weekend's upcoming episode of Mad TV. I was sitting in my bedroom writing a paper or something, and I just had the television turned on for background noise, when an ad came on for "this Saturday on Mad TV" or whatever. And they were going to have a sketch where a person working the ticket booth at a movie theater was blurting out the endings of movies as people were going in. They actually used the part that spoiled the real ending of The Others in the ad, while the movie was still in theaters (I think it had only been out for a week or two, and this was before the current world we live in where KZbin and Twitter spoil things for people starting the day they release.) I was so pissed.

[@genthom72]

You should do Stir Of Echoes. It came out the same time as The Sixth Sense and stars Kevin Bacon.

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Eric Sykes. Sadly missed. Wrote and starred in.. "The plank". A comedy movie years ago. 😊😊😊

[@Alberto_Aveiro]

I’m from Jersey in the Channel Islands. The film was shot in Spain, however.

[@ializarg]

Apparently they found the perfect house in Jersey, but But the owners wouldn't let them film it. So they went with the second option, a huge mansion in the North of Spain. (In fact what we see in the film is just one side of the estate, giving the illusion of a smaller house) The interiors were all built in a studio in Madrid.

[@mugchic03]

Oh man I love this movie. So few people have seen it but it is such great story telling.

[@dannyjorde2677]

A lot of people have seen it. The US isn't the centre of the world

[@mugchic03]

@@dannyjorde2677 Never said that it was and I dont even know the world. I was only referencing the people that I know and actively talk to. Please refrain from placing your mental theory on to my statement. Thank you.

[@charlesmartinjr3971]

Such a funny movie - you spend the entire time terrified you'll see ghosts, and you've been watching them the entire time.

[@fernandobarrera6440]

Damn. Completely forgot about this movie over the years.

[@lesgrossman834]

И очень зря. Фильм шикарный и сюжетный поворот был почти на уровне "Shutter Island"

[@SFOlson]

I was waiting for Arianna’s hands to start crabbing up.

[@Hope2BHappy]

I always remember when this came out because she had so much going on at that time Between 2001 and 2003, Nicole Kidman starred in films "Moulin Rouge!", "The Others", "The Hours", and "Cold Mountain".Makes me tired just thinking about it and don't forget her drama filled divorce from Tom Cruise.. Which one is your favorite I like The Others Thanks for watching it. Have y'all seen Moulin Rouge? It is a musical so it might be hard to get past KZbin. Check out her awards During this period: Awards and Nominations: Academy Award: Won Best Actress for "The Hours". Golden Globes: Won Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama for "The Hours". Nominated for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Moulin Rouge!". Nominated for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama for "Cold Mountain". BAFTA Awards: Won Best Actress for "The Hours". While the films "Moulin Rouge!" and "The Others" received BAFTA nominations in their respective categories (such as technical awards), Nicole Kidman did not receive individual BAFTA nominations for these films. Personal Life: Divorce from Tom Cruise: Navigated her high-profile divorce from Tom Cruise, demonstrating remarkable professional dedication and personal resilience.

[@LuisOrtiz-xo5kc]

29:50 CGI? What CGI??

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

I'm not sure 😂

[@billthomas478]

Watching this reminds me of my mom and sister trying to figure it out. It was fun to watch

[@PetProjects2011]

On your patreon I saw you have a reaction for episode 1 of Firefly. Have you done the rest of the series and it's movie?

[@RichardFarnsworth-l7w]

When i watched this for the 1st time i was. Confused until 2/3 had gone by

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

One of the best thriller films going

[@zarius6363]

This is the only "horror" movie that I like and it's more of a psychological suspense movie than true horror. I'm not a fan of horror films mostly because of the cheap jump scares and the gratuitous gore, elements that this movie doesn't have or need. Enjoyed your reaction!

[@John_Locke_108]

I had to deal with the Others once. They claimed to be the good guys.

[@jmurdock8303]

Ariana has high movie IQ..What a great reactir

[@TheAbominableDrFaustus]

I am your daughter.. I am your daughta. I am your dotta. Your dotta. 👋

[@bastymanguy]

“Purgatory” ...good word.

[@emune1111]

This is how they should have made "La Lllorona" instead of that trash movie they made..

[@2SanJunipero]

------------------- I always thought that too ------------ that the servants have to stay servants "in the afterlife" ------- no thanks!

[@jthomann71]

"I find fog terrifying." You need to watch The Fog from John Carpenter. The original not the remake.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

Next Lord of the Rings, when? O_O lol

[@madelinemitchell5102]

Love ❤this movie 🎉😅

[@Jzscrstsprstr]

Ah, you should watch The Mist and The Fog then.

[@austinj3881]

Have you seen “The Mist” since you love fog so much?

[@rickardroach9075]

2:04 How does she charge her iPhone? 🤔

[@J4ME5_]

Did Chad write the end credits song? Its fire!

[@Diegesis]

It was on artlist and i agree it's fire lol

[@internetsideshow]

Unfortunately (at least for me) this movie came out only a couple of years after "The Sixth Sense" so the twist was not that shocking.

[@dannyjorde2677]

Funnily enough, the script of The Others was written years before The Sixth Sense came out, but no one wanted to produce it at the time. So unfortunately The Sixth Sense was released first.

[@jerrywalters8885]

The o ly movie to scare me more than this one is FALL. Still can't watch that one

[@carnilia]

“Little slippersssss 😢” omg priceless 💜

[@ializarg]

Specifically what CGI do you consider... mediocre?

[@simonfrederiksen104]

oh - this is gonna be good - She gonna freak:)

[@svperstar]

not an amazing movie, but an underrated, surprisingly good horror movie for what it is.

[@dannyjorde2677]

Exactly, not amazing, it's a masterpiece.

[@svperstar]

@@dannyjorde2677 definitely not lol

[@dantesummers4048]

​@svperstar to each his own, but it's definitely a masterpiece to me too. The best ghost movie ever, IMO.

[@dannyjorde2677]

@@svperstar Definitely yes lol. I feel sorry for you if you can't see a masterpiece when you see one. 👍🏻

[@thatswhyidrink]

You were not "right," you were not "kinda right," you never suggested the possibility of the mother and children being ghosts. Like why lie, we watched it. It was an enjoyable reaction but stuff like this weirds me out. Be okay with a movie throwing you for a loop.

[@TheWindcrow]

Arianna! Actual question. Do you believe in the paranormal, ghosts or demons? I'm so curious if you ever have found yourself running out of the basement when little for no reason as I did. I have always had this strange notion of feeling something "else", but not all the time.

[@PaulWinkle]

No big surprise cause The word 'mother' is in 'smothering.'

[@larka742]

The worst movie ever, I got shitscared the first time with it ... and that is... yeah, the worst movie.

[@pamelawilliams3144]

Must not have seen a lot of movies then.

[@tdog790]

sixth sense reipoff

[@freeheeler00]

If you didn't respect Nicole Kidman before, this film should help remedy that. She's fantastic and the script is 🤌🤌