In the movie, Nicole Kidman plays a woman on the far deserted side of England in 1945, where she and her two children live. She is a recluse and keeps her children hidden in the house from the daylight due to the kids' allergy to the sun. Now three strangers appear seeking work, but Kidman begins suspecting their motives are less than noble. Plus, the house is being haunted by "Intruders" whom Kidman is struggling to fight.
    This is a sleeper of a horror hit when it came out back in 2001. The storyline is very sophisticated to the usual tripe we get over-hyped force-fed at the box-office. The atmosphere is classical with relying upon usual old horror devices and elements than fully on CGI. This was a wake up call which came off very well. The movie, if you're alert, gives subtle and brief clues to the incredible surprise ending. Yup, folks, this movie has a surprise ending that will leave you breathless and dumbfounded. The movie is quite a task to endure while watching it, yet in the end pays off dearly. The movie also has brief moments of sheer silence where the director depends on actors' expression and brute atmosphere than having to spell out everything in front of us. The characters are quite cumbersome where they constantly bicker beyond reproach. Nicole Kidman is great as the lead as the woman who often questions her own sanity, as do her kids, when she begins to sense the intruders that only her kids can see. The movie's climax is tense and will prove to tickle any horror fan's fancy.

The movie is good, and it tries really hard to become a truly traditional ghost movie, but tends to lack in suspense, true character depth and any real scares. It tries to be as tenacious and ambitious as "The Sixth Sense" was, yet comes off as just contrived and at times, too forced for its own good. The movie also tries to be too smart and tends to insult the audience's intelligence with it having to explain practically everything. The entire story moves at a snail's pace with its character introductions and plotline, but it does give you clues about the ending.

A pretty good traditional ghost flick that ensures scares and spine-tingling suspense.