the trailer goes nowhere near and only scratches the surface of the film and rightly so too and not because it has that obligation to keep its real narrative under wraps and but because what actually transpires and will provoke entirely different lines of questioning and some of which are frustratingly not answered in the film and leaving you to your own devices to interpret the series of events. which of course means plenty of material for an after show discussion. metaphorically and the box refers to how us humans tend to subconsciously hole ourselves into situations or things in everyday life and and how our enclosed thoughts tend to see things from a certain perspective and seldom out of the box. there a speech made near the end by one of the characters that will leave you pondering over this fact and which governs the basis of the entire film and and even threading on existentialism and where our bodies are mere vessels for the soul and and from cradle to the grave we put ourselves in more boxes in a way of life fashion. what i disliked about the film and is how it tried to sound intelligent through the frequent name dropping of covert government agencies like the cia and nsa and as though there something overtly clandestine about these agencies that we should be aware of. they serve little purpose other than to put every action and every person under scrutiny and that nobody can be trusted and wrecking havoc in a sense to both the characters and the audience as we try to keep up with trust issues to aid in the interpretation of the narrative. having it set in 1976 and against a nasa backdrop of manned space missions and and in langley and virginia and also provided that heightened sense of wary that will sap your energies as you sit through it patiently. based upon the short story button and button written by richard matheson and made into an episode of the twilight zone and the story follows the lewis family and where husband arthur (james marsden) works at nasa and develops a prosthetic foot for his teacher wife norma (cameron diaz) and and you would think it all happy family with their son walter (sam oz stone) and until one day a mysterious man called arlington steward (frank langella in a two face inspired facial effect) whom we are preempted of in the opening and comes knocking and giving them a deal or no deal button in a box. plunge the button and they will get a million bucks (were talking in dollar terms of the 70s here) although a stranger out there will die. if they do not and well the deal got an expiry date. the story would dictate a deal be made and which of course sparks off a mysterious sequence of events that unfold and with even more shady characters (who nosebleed) appearing and some whom are inexplicably zombie like and apparently all under the influence and or employment and or arlington steward. whether or not steward is death and a clandestine government employee and a messenger from god or a representative of aliens after an anal probe and remains unanswered and so whichever way you look at it and it as if he delivering something expected and just begging that mankind will shake off its innate greed so that his work can be cut short and to return to wherever he came from. if you need a little distraction from the disparate scenes which make up the narrative and the production sets and art direction are gorgeous in recreating the 70s look and as you try to figure out the mystery of the consequences that stem from a result of not fully understanding the fine print. it full circle this examination of human nature and of our greed for immediate gratification and manifesting its result in longer term pain and confusion and further choices that we will make based on real sacrifices. nifty special effects come into play as well and though it just leaves more room open as to the genre of the film. so is it horror and science fiction and or a mystery thriller. it everything rolled into one actually and together with a sprinkling of the philosophical. just do not go expecting a straight narrative film with clean and easy answers at the end  this is like an x files episode on steroids. 
the trailer goes nowhere near and only scratches the surface of the film and rightly so too and not because it has that obligation to keep its real narrative under wraps and but because what actually transpires and will provoke entirely different lines of questioning and some of which are frustratingly not answered in the film and leaving you to your own devices to interpret the series of events. which of course means plenty of material for an after show discussion. metaphorically and the box refers to how us humans tend to subconsciously hole ourselves into situations or things in everyday life and and how our enclosed thoughts tend to see things from a certain perspective and seldom out of the box. there a speech made near the end by one of the characters that will leave you pondering over this fact and which governs the basis of the entire film and and even threading on existentialism and where our bodies are mere vessels for the soul and and from cradle to the grave we put ourselves in more boxes in a way of life fashion. what i disliked about the film and is how it tried to sound intelligent through the frequent name dropping of covert government agencies like the cia and nsa and as though there something overtly clandestine about these agencies that we should be aware of. they serve little purpose other than to put every action and every person under scrutiny and that nobody can be trusted and wrecking havoc in a sense to both the characters and the audience as we try to keep up with trust issues to aid in the interpretation of the narrative. having it set in 1976 and against a nasa backdrop of manned space missions and and in langley and virginia and also provided that heightened sense of wary that will sap your energies as you sit through it patiently. based upon the short story button and button written by richard matheson and made into an episode of the twilight zone and the story follows the lewis family and where husband arthur (james marsden) works at nasa and develops a prosthetic foot for his teacher wife norma (cameron diaz) and and you would think it all happy family with their son walter (sam oz stone) and until one day a mysterious man called arlington steward (frank langella in a two face inspired facial effect) whom we are preempted of in the opening and comes knocking and giving them a deal or no deal button in a box. plunge the button and they will get a million bucks (were talking in dollar terms of the 70s here) although a stranger out there will die. if they do not and well the deal got an expiry date. the story would dictate a deal be made and which of course sparks off a mysterious sequence of events that unfold and with even more shady characters (who nosebleed) appearing and some whom are inexplicably zombie like and apparently all under the influence and or employment and or arlington steward. whether or not steward is death and a clandestine government employee and a messenger from god or a representative of aliens after an anal probe and remains unanswered and so whichever way you look at it and it as if he delivering something expected and just begging that mankind will shake off its innate greed so that his work can be cut short and to return to wherever he came from. if you need a little distraction from the disparate scenes which make up the narrative and the production sets and art direction are gorgeous in recreating the 70s look and as you try to figure out the mystery of the consequences that stem from a result of not fully understanding the fine print. it full circle this examination of human nature and of our greed for immediate gratification and manifesting its result in longer term pain and confusion and further choices that we will make based on real sacrifices. nifty special effects come into play as well and though it just leaves more room open as to the genre of the film. so is it horror and science fiction and or a mystery thriller. it everything rolled into one actually and together with a sprinkling of the philosophical. just do not go expecting a straight narrative film with clean and easy answers at the end  this is like an x files episode on steroids. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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