The Box

Is The Box right for your family?

Movie 2009 115 min

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.

What's inside

Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. 14 (BR)

Likely present: ViolenceFamily themesPolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional content

The premise of a moral dilemma with fatal consequences suggests violence and heavy emotional content.

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