The Box

2009·115'

★ 5.6

Letterboxd TMDB #22825

You are the experiment.

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.

Cast

Cameron Diaz Norma Lewis

James Marsden Arthur Lewis

Frank Langella Arlington Steward

James Rebhorn Norm Cahill

Holmes Osborne Dick Burns

Sam Oz Stone Walter Lewis

Gillian Jacobs Dana

Celia Weston Lana Burns

Lisa K. Wyatt Rhonda Martin

Mark S. Cartier Martin Teague

Kevin Robertson Wendell Matheson

Michele Durrett Rebecca Matheson