The Box
5.6/10
Rating
115 min
Runtime
2009
Release Year
Richard Kelly
Director
Cast
Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne
Quick Synopsis
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a couple living in the suburbs with their young child, receive an unusual wooden box as a gift. A mysterious stranger explains that the box offers a chance to gain $1 million by pressing a button, but doing so will cause the death of an unknown person somewhere in the world. Given only 24 hours to decide whether to keep the box, Norma and Arthur confront a difficult moral choice that challenges their values and forces them to examine their own humanity.
Detailed Synopsis of The Box
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
