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There’s a slightly chill, studied quality to Nicole Kidman’s screen presence that invites admiration rather than affection — an effect quite the reverse of that associated with her ex-spouse. But as exec producer of “The Others,” Tom Cruise has handed Kidman the most generous divorce settlement any working-thesp wife could ask for.
There’s a slightly chill, studied quality to Nicole Kidman’s screen presence that invites admiration rather than affection — an effect quite the reverse of that associated with her ex-spouse. But as exec producer of “The Others,” Tom Cruise has handed Kidman the most generous divorce settlement any working-thesp wife could ask for. “The Others” is a luxuriously old-fashioned star vehicle custom-fit to its topliner’s strengths, which come across to sensational effect. Drawing on two forgotten 1940s subgenres — the woman-in-jeopardy U.S. noir and the British Gothic romance — first English-language feature by Chilean-born hyphenate Alejandro Amenabar is a delicious goose-pimpler that could become the late summer’s sleeper.
