To me, this movie is perfection.

It is a performances centric movie

From my favorite movies..

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Looks and sounds great, but the script doesn't make a lot of sense. MINOR SPOILER - One of the characters makes a comment that effectively says that JLo's character is irrelevant to the solution of the serial killer hunt. In which case, why are we even watching her story? Overall, a bit too silly to take seriously.

What can I say? You kind of expect the premise of a story to be reasonably tidy. If I set forth to state the premise of The Cell, it'd take about 3 minutes to do so, which is 2.5 minutes too long. The mythos is bizarrely reticulated, both quantitatively AND qualitatively, as in; some of the elements of the belabored premise individually strain credulity past the breaking point.But.... what a visual marvel! En route to driving home the over-wrought concept I daresay you will get your money's worth just in terms of the strenuously-yet-delicately wrought dream sequences.I should add a touch of the snob, here. Bunuel taught me that dreams in movies should dance on the fault line between the inscrutable and being amenable to pithy interpretation. Are these dream sequences so amenable? Yes and no.If it weren't for the extreme nature of the mythic aspect--that is, if they'd been able to drape the amazing visuals over a neater, more streamlined premise--It would've rated at least one more star for sure.So I guess that sums it up. If amazing art direction to flesh out an over-wrought premise is OK with you, the flick is definitely worth watching.

The Director made a huge visual movie,totally new and fresh at least unique and original....but the story is sooo predicable and no make sense at all and more Jennifer Lopez was a wrong choice for this kind of role,should be done for a better actress with more reputable career....Vincent D'Onofrio as the killer and Vince Vaughn as FBI agent are fine and delivery....but Jlo spoil the movie!!! Resume: First watch: 2001 / How many: 2 / Source: Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 7

Good visuals can save a bad movie. Film is a visual medium and the story isn't really all that important - I think that much of a movie's worth is in its rewatchability, and when rewatching you already know the story. What matters is the sensory experience. Pretty pictures, good music - those are the things that make or break the movie.'The Cell' is strong on the visuals. Tarsem Singh is a master of production design: he brings to life visions, paintings, dreams. 'The Cell' has a wide array of color, exuberant costumes, imaginative settings, unsettling situations. It's got a horse that is sliced into five-inch steaks, it's got a man bound in golden chains, it's got a rendition of an Odd Nerdrum painting, it's got a Geisha costume in a desert with cherry blossoms raining.Unfortunately it's also got Jennifer Lopez in the lead role, wooden as ever. The surreal sequences present themselves as a look inside a serial killer's twisted psyche, okay, so they're loaded with symbolism, but it rings somehow untrue, like it's too grandiose to be somebody's mind, especially somebody with no artistic ambitions or interests. It didn't feel personal, more like a collection of art with no connection or theme.