The Box

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.

Director

Richard Kelly

Written by

Richard Kelly

Produced by

Dan Lin, Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick

Composers

Owen Pallett, Régine Chassagne, Win Butler

Cinematographer

Steven Poster

Editor

Sam Bauer

Makeup FX

Christian Beckman

Sound Designers

David Esparza, Rick Hernandez

Studios

Radar Pictures, MRC, Darko Entertainment

Origin country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Language

en

Rating

PG-13

TMDB

5.6/10 (1,876 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

42% Rotten

Metacritic

47/100

IMDb

5.6/10 (96,914 votes)