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Possession

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • 1h 26m
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5.4/10
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Sarah Michelle Gellar in Possession (2009)
A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-law wakes up, thinking he's his brother.
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A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-law wakes up, thinking he's his brother.A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-law wakes up, thinking he's his brother.A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-law wakes up, thinking he's his brother.

  • Directors
    • Joel Bergvall
    • Simon Sandquist
  • Writers
    • Michael Petroni
    • Won-mi Byun
    • Min-ho Song
  • Stars
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar
    • Lee Pace
    • Michael Landes
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
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    • Directors
      • Joel Bergvall
      • Simon Sandquist
    • Writers
      • Michael Petroni
      • Won-mi Byun
      • Min-ho Song
    • Stars
      • Sarah Michelle Gellar
      • Lee Pace
      • Michael Landes
    • 36User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sarah Michelle Gellar
    Sarah Michelle Gellar
    • Jess
    Lee Pace
    Lee Pace
    • Roman
    Michael Landes
    Michael Landes
    • Ryan
    Tuva Novotny
    Tuva Novotny
    • Casey
    Chelah Horsdal
    Chelah Horsdal
    • Miranda
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    Veena Sood
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    Peter Bryant
    Peter Bryant
    • Detective Mills
    Jörgen Sandell
    • Detective #2
    Donna Yamamoto
    Donna Yamamoto
    • Nurse
    Suzanne Bastien
    • Registrar
    Mark Louie
    • Paramedic #1
    Michael Jonsson
    Michael Jonsson
    • Paramedic #2
    • (as a different name)
    Mike Wasko
    • Male Nurse
    Nancy Bell
    Nancy Bell
    • Elderly Park Woman
    Roger Allford
    Roger Allford
    • Elderly Park Man
    • Directors
      • Joel Bergvall
      • Simon Sandquist
    • Writers
      • Michael Petroni
      • Won-mi Byun
      • Min-ho Song
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    User reviews36

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    Chrysanthepop

    Sarah Michelle Gellar Rises Above a Poor Script

    American remakes of South Asian films have often produced disastrous results. 'Possession' faces a similar fate. It's not as bad as most remakes of South Asian movies but as a stand alone it's not very good either. The execution is passable. There are some eye-candy photographic visuals but the background score is annoying. The forced 'jump' moments are unnecessary and out of place.

    The movie hardly works as a thriller but to an extent it does work as a human drama. Jess's hope of her husband's recovery conflicted with her confusion in seeing her brother-in-law act familiar is well displayed. Sarah Michelle Gellar is brilliantly restrained. How I hope she would move out of the horror thriller genre and attempt different kinds of roles. Lee Pace's performance suffers due to poor characterization.

    'Possession' is easily forgettable. Other than Michelle Gellar's performance, there isn't much to look forward to.
    RyanCShowers

    Middle-Tier SMG But Still Solid

    This is middle-tier SMG film, but I must say, it has really grown on me over the years. It's gorgeously shot, the story is pretty twisted which keeps you guessing, and Sarah has total command over the emotion of the film. She's pretty fantastic; she's always been one of the best criers in Hollywood, and here she manages a certain emotional state consistently as Jess collects these experiences and weighs the possibilities. Lee Pace is rather good, too.

    The directors have a strong sense and a compelling approach to the material that is not stylish and clicks with the audience. The script is the most flawed aspect but serves the basis for a solid thriller. It's quite impressive that they filmed an entire alternative third act. I do prefer the alternative ending to the more Hollywood-ized final version. However, the producers made the right call. American audiences wouldn't have gone along with Jess's final motivations and conclusion in the alternative ending. I find the psychology so interesting.

    I wish it would have had a proper wide theatrical release. It would've made $bank$ had it been released early February or mid-April.
    5mrcibubur

    Okay as a drama but a disappointing drama thriller

    I may review this report after watching the film a second time. this time around, I was most disappointed, expecting from the DVD sleeve promotion and the very title of the film, a demonic horror thriller. No such thing.

    Another love triangle involving a young woman and two brothers, this is a soppy sentimental love story but I can see where people are coming from in thinking the husband Ryan has possessed the soul of his brother as a result of the accident. they could have fed off the recent film 'Brothers' which had a war topic to the story and although not great, delivered the goods. this film doesn't.

    There is no real drama or horror in this movie and the ending is macabre to say the least. The acting is below standard even from the leading lady and the script is poor, the story told with so slow a pace it was excruciating.

    Checking IMDb, there are quite a few films by the same title and it was difficult at first to identify the correct film on which to post the review.

    There have been some very sensible and to the point comments by previous commentators about this movie. it remains to be seen whether I revise this review after a second viewing.
    8lnfrosch

    Alternate Version Is Better

    I have watched both versions of the film, and after eagerly anticipating it for more than a year, I can say that the alternate version is what I had expected/hoped for and completely changes the entire film. This film is by no means perfect, and certainly isn't the best written piece of cinema out there, but the story had me wrapped up and interested. The alternate ending made me love it.

    If you go into this film under the misapprehension of the marketing - which is, that this film is another "Grudge" or whatever the company tried to push - then you may be disappointed; it is less supernatural and altogether more human.
    5Sherazade

    I'm gonna rent the Japanese version...

    This movie was very uneven I think I would have to see the Japanese version or read the book in order to appreciate it better or at least understand what happened at the end of it. Too much of vital details was left on the cutting room floor apparently or maybe the director expects too much of his audience. Wanting an intelligent audience is one thing but leaving so much details out to the point whereby the audience is practically left to make up their own movie is just ridiculous. It has shades of Bollywood's 'Anamika' in it. The idea behind the film was brilliant but it was executed poorly. I like Sarah Michelle Gellar but this was not one of her best work.

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    • Trivia
      This film was completed in 2007 and was set for a Febuary 2008 wide release in theaters. But due to Yari Film Group (the film's distributor) filing a Chapter 11 protection (Bankruptcy Code), its release was pushed back close to a dozen times, and was then finally given a straight-to-DVD March 2010 release in the United States.
    • Quotes

      Jessica: [Jessicsa sees both her husband and her brother in-law lying in hospital beds side by side with badages covering their face] Which one is my husband?

    • Connections
      Remake of Jungdok (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      If This Is Love
      Written by Andreas Alfredsson (as Andreas Alfredsson Grube) and Christian Sandquist (as Cristian Sandquist)

      Performed by Urban Tribe Stockholm

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    • Release date
      • July 16, 2009 (Portugal)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Addicted
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Yari Film Group (YFG)
      • Addicted Productions
      • Vertigo Entertainment
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $694,193
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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