author : <a href= " mailto : chadpolenz@aol . com " >chadpolenz@aol . com</a> subject : review : the gift ( 2000 ) approved : <a href= " mailto : graham@ee . washington . edu " >graham@ee . washington . edu</a> newsgroups : rec . arts . movies . reviews organization : none x-questions-to : <a href= " mailto : graham@jetcity . com " >graham@jetcity . com</a> x-submissions-to : <a href= " mailto : graham@ee . washington . edu " >graham@ee . washington . edu</a> followup-to : rec . arts . movies . current-films summary : r . a . m . r . #28093 keywords : author=polenz annie wilson ( cate blanchett ) , a widow who struggles to raise her children in a small town in georgia is asked for help by local authorities in solving the case of a missing woman . annie is something of a psychic , she has involuntary bouts with the supernatural where she can see the past and the future and physically feel the actions happenning to her she envisions . her " gift " leads to the arrest of a nasty wife beater who may or may not have killed the pretty rich girl found in the swamp on his property . in an ultra conservative backwoods town will her testimony based on her psychic visions hold up in court ? do they even have the right man ? 
