The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Cell
Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller · 2000
A psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Movie details
The Cell
“Enter the mind of a killer.”
2000 Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller 1h 47m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.4 / 10
116.2K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
46 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
40 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Cell?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
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He's Out There
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Tarsem Singh
Written by
Mark Protosevich
Jennifer Lopez
Catherine Deane
Vince Vaughn
Peter Novak
Vincent D'Onofrio
Carl Rudolph Stargher
Catherine Sutherland
Anne Marie Vicksey
James Gammon
Teddy Lee
Colton James
Edward Baines
Dylan Baker
Henry West
Court is in session
Put The Cell on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.