When we heard that Richard Kelly, of "Donnie Darko" fame, was making a movie in Boston, we thought, "Quick, get the Coolidge Corner Theatre on the phone!!" Then we found out Arcade Fire would be doing the soundtrack, and we thought, "Wow! Alert that 'Stuff White People Like' blog asap! This could be epic!"It wasn't. The resulting movie, "The Box", drags along like a poorly paced X-Files episode. It has unexplained portholes, zombie-like library enthusiasts, creepy teens with bloody noses... all the makings of something interesting that unfortunately don't amount to much. Can we get the rabbit from Darko in here somewhere? A little suspense, please?
"The Box" is set in Virginia in the 1970s: Cameron Diaz puts on a twang, and there's still leaves on the trees at Christmas... that's Southern? Not really, and it's definitely not Boston.
If you were expecting a great cult classic, don't. Lightening doesn't strike the same place twice.
Final Score = C-
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