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The Cell
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R,1hr 47min
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August 18, 2000
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New Line Cinema
Synopsis: In this science fiction thriller, child psychiatrist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) has developed a technique that allows her to travel through the minds of her patients. When Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), a multiple murderer who methodically drowns his victims and performs bizarre rituals with their bodies, falls into a coma, FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) asks Deane to enter the killer's psyche, in the hope of finding a missing girl whom Stargher has kidnapped; if she's not soon found, ... Full Synopsis
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A box-office sleeper, The Cell (2000) puts a decidedly eerie spin on the oft-repeated serial killer crime-drama with a narrative device (the killer is in an irreversible coma and must be confronted through his dreams) that allows director Tarsem Singh to add numerous visual flourishes indicative of his background in music video. While not giving as assured a performance as she did in Out of Sight (1998), ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Catherine Deane
Agent Peter Novak
Carl Stargher
Agent Gordon Ramsey
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Heath Ledger and Heather Graham attend the London premiere of "The Cell" on Sept. 11, 2000.
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