Premonición

¡Sam Raimi es un genio! Un pequeño pueblo en el que se vislumbra la vida de cada uno de sus habitantes, un pantano, un asesinato. Y una madre abandonada de tres hijos que ve cosas en las cartas que preferiría no ver. Raimi desenreda el mosaico de sospechas y preguntas del público de «¿Quién es el asesino?», acercándonos a la frágil protagonista y provocando en nosotros agradables escalofríos o infartos de primera clase en sus visiones y pesadillas. Raimi hizo realidad su sueño y creó una película de terror en la que no corren ríos de sangre, pero que nos mantiene respirando hasta el último segundo. Su Premonición es un nostálgico homenaje a la escuela de Hitchcock de puras técnicas de thriller en un mosaico de personajes bien definidos y una trama sofisticada. ¡Y el reparto! De no haber sido por la revelación de la identidad del asesino veinte minutos antes de la conclusión de la película, su final habría sido aún más tenso e impactante. Y la película sería una exquisitez de género de cinco estrellas. (27.05.2002)

This film is dominated by its top-notch atmosphere dominates. Cate Blanchett gives a brilliant performance, but what Giovanni Ribisi (they worked together in another great film, Heaven) delivers here is something absolutely perfect. His role as a psychopath is amazing. (14.06.2004)

If Cate Blanchett, Giovanni "In-every-role-different-and-always-great" Ribisi and Keanu Reeves had not been in The Gift, it would have been a complete waste of time. Seriously, what everyone sees in this film remains a mystery to me. Sam Raimi is a genius? And what exactly has he done here that is brilliant? Yes, he builds the atmosphere of the town solidly, until one wonders why he has never made anything based on Stephen King, but that's about all I can praise him for. Apart from that, there are a few cheesy jump scares, dreams/visions that are also quite simple and not very impressive, the story is particularly bland and it's no problem at all to figure out who the killer is... And what about the final surprise? I felt like I was watching a special episode of the (pretty terrible) series Beyond Belief. (20.01.2012)

Given that Billy Bob Thornton hasn’t written many scripts, all of them were little gems. And when it is made by an interesting director like Sam Raimi, the guarantee of a quality cross between an interesting idea and unrestrained mainstream is certain. And it is precisely when evaluating Raimi's work that I find myself on shaky ground because surprisingly, he abandoned his typical visual tricks (well, not entirely, as scenes in the woods á la Evil Dead or the bathroom scene can challenge even stronger stomachs) to give maximum space to the actors, who richly reciprocate this "trust." Starting with Cate Blanchett, who seems to be incapable of acting badly, through Keanu Reeves in an atypical role as the antagonist, and ending with Katie Holmes, who compensates for her lack of acting talent in other ways (every viewer should wait for the ending, which, in my opinion, falters a bit, especially in terms of Raimi's delivery, because I guessed what was going to happen about ten minutes beforehand). Just cutting out one scene would make the ending really impactful for me. But that's just a minor criticism of the film, which flows like water, scares, entertains, and most importantly, doesn't fade from your mind after a few days. x (23.07.2005)

To be honest, this film failed to captivate or entertain me. It’s a standard mysterious thriller that wants to surprise in the end, and fails miserably. The reveal was clear well before it was revealed! It’s not bad, it has too good a cast and director for that, but I think they could have got a lot more out of it. (27.04.2009)