Richard Kelly is a polarizing figure in Hollywood.
He only directed three movies during his career, the first being his 2001 cult classic Donnie Darko, which thrust him onto the global stage as an emerging filmmaker. But then came his sophomoric film, Southland Tales, in 2006. The movie was a trainwreck, albeit a gloriously absurd trainwreck, that was so confusing and clumsy it was booed at its Cannes premiere.
Recommended Videos Fifteen years after The Box’s premiere, the movie is still a murky, muddled mess. But in classic Richard Kelly style, it has some incredibly captivating aspects, which is why film fans are still talking about the movie after all these years. Instead, it feels like Kelly wanted to be taken seriously this time around. It’s like he told the actors to make their performances more subtle, to make the plot reveals less grandiose, and to make the movie’s vibe feel more like a respectable thriller than a hoedown jamboree.
Even worse, just like Southland Tales, after rewatching The Box I still can’t fully confirm what the plot is. In the finale, the mysterious man has made their son deaf and blind, and Marsden must make a choice: Kill Diaz and go to jail, but give his son his senses back , or enjoy the rest of their life with $1 million…but also with a child who is deaf and blind. Why the son ever got dragged into this ordeal is unclear since he had nothing to do with anything.
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