The Box (2009)

PG-1310/29/2009Thriller, Science Fiction1h 55m
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All you have to do is push the button.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Cameron Diaz

    Norma Lewis

  2. Cast 1

    James Marsden

    Arthur Lewis

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    Frank Langella

    Arlington Steward

  4. Cast 1

    James Rebhorn

    Norm Cahill

  5. Cast 1

    Holmes Osborne

    Dick Burns

  6. Cast 1

    Sam Oz Stone

    Walter Lewis

  7. Cast 1

    Gillian Jacobs

    Dana

  8. Cast 1

    Celia Weston

    Lana Burns

  9. Cast 1

    Lisa K. Wyatt

    Rhonda Martin

If you push the button, two things will happen. The best quote I ever saw as regards Richard Kelly's The Box, was that it is a Marmite movie. Marmite is a food substance that people either love or hate, The Box is a Marmite movie. Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star as a couple who are visited by a mysterious stranger (Frank Langella) who has a bizarre offer. The Box now in the couple's possession has a button (Langella's mysterious Arlington Steward informs them it's called the Button Unit), they are told that if they push the button then a complete stranger will die, they will then re...