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''Gothika'' is a 2003 American supernatural thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. [[Halle Berry]] plays Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist in a women's mental hospital who wakes up one day to find herself on the other side of the bars, accused of having murdered her husband and boss Doug. To make matters [[It Got Worse|worse]], she is also being tormented by [[I See Dead People|visions]] of a mutilated young woman. Notable for a strong but under-used supporting cast, including [[Robert Downey Jr]], [[Penelope Cruz]], [[Alien|Charles S. Dutton]] and [[The Lord of the Rings|Bernard Hill]].▼
{{quote|And no one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|To telling only lies]]
[[Hidden Depths|But my dreams, they aren't as empty]]
[[The Sociopath|As my conscience seems to be]]
I have hours, only lonely
[[Awful Truth|My love is vengeance]]
[[Bondage Is Bad|That's never free]]|"Behind Blue Eyes", [[The Who]], covered in the movie by [[Limp Bizkit]]}}
▲''[[Gothika]]'' is a 2003 American supernatural thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. [[Halle Berry]] plays Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist in a women's mental hospital who wakes up one day to find herself on the other side of the bars, accused of having murdered her husband and boss Doug. To make matters [[It Got Worse|worse]], she is also being tormented by [[I See Dead People|visions]] of a mutilated young woman. Notable for a strong but under-used supporting cast, including [[Robert Downey, Jr.]], [[
''Gothika'' was released on November 21, 2003 in North America and Canada, grossing $19,288,438 in the opening weekend and ranking at #2. It went on to gross $59.6 million in the domestic market and $81.8 from foreign markets for a worldwide total of $141.5 million. In comparison with the film's $40m budget, the film was a financial success [[Critical Dissonance|despite taking something of a beating from the critics]].
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Miranda temporarily becomes so when
* [[Beware of Hitch-Hiking Ghosts]]: One of the earlier encounters with the ghost fits this trope.
* [[Breakaway Pop Hit]]: [[Limp Bizkit]] recorded a cover of [[The Who|"Behind Blue Eyes"]] for the movie. It has become more well-known than the film.
* [[Cuckoo Nest]]
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: {{Spoiler|Doug seems to genuinely love Miranda and is completely confused when she tries and succeeds to kill him, and assumes using logic she has somehow gone insane}}.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: If a psychiatrist {{spoiler|suffered a mental breakdown and had to be committed, she'd hardly be committed to the same hospital she worked in. Particularly when it's a hospital for the criminally insane, with inmates/patients who no doubt harbour grudges against her}}.
** When Miranda {{spoiler|wakes up in a cell after her murderous blackout}}, Pete ([[Robert Downey, Jr.]]'s character) tells her that he pulled some strings to have her {{spoiler|placed under his supervision}}. Otherwise, she would have ended up in another institution.
* [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]: {{spoiler|It turns out that Miranda in fact ''did'' murder her husband, but was possessed by the ghost when she did. The ghost wanted revenge as Doug had over the years abducted, raped and killed several young women from the area. Miranda manages to prove her husband's guilt and is subsequently set free -- despite, as far as any rational person can see, being responsible for completely butchering him.}}
** {{spoiler|Chloe ([[
* [[Ghostly Goals]]: {{spoiler|The ghost wants [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|revenge]]...[[Awful Truth|and justice for her rape and murder]]. [[Evil Plan|So she killed Doug, using his wife's body, then led Miranda to find out about Doug's atrocities, saving another girl, and revealing her circumstances to her family]]. Then she [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|killed the doctor's accomplice]]}}.
* [[Girls Behind Bars]]: Notably averted. Even the [[Shower Scene]] is made realistic and unsexy by displaying old and unattractive inmates besides nicer-looking ones.
* [[A God Am I]]: A ''particularly'' creepy example shows up when Miranda discovers {{spoiler|the torture dungeon that Doug used to rape and kill his female victims in. As she watches one of the videotapes that he shot in which he just finished molesting another woman, he walks up to the camera, adjusts his tie and states "It's good to be God. I love you." Near the end, Sheriff Ryan (Doug's friend and accomplice in his rape/molestation/murder of young women) reveals that they shared the sentiment, saying "We were their God."}}
* [[Haunted Heroine]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Miranda is [[X
* [[I See Dead People]]
* [[Red Herring]]: One film critic joked that {{spoiler|[[Robert Downey, Jr.]]}}'s character should have just been named Red Herring; it was so obvious that's what he was.
* [[Romance
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Specifically, big fat 50-something guy, [[Halle Berry]] wife.
* [[Word Puree Title]]: The "word" ''Gothika'' has no relevance to the film in any way, other than a ghost story set in a spooky hospital being vaguely gothic.
* [[Written
* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: Miranda gets her arm slashed with the words "not alone" while in the group shower. She was out of sight for only a few seconds, yet the wounds are many and quite precise. There's also no weapon to be found anywhere. Instead of pointing out these facts and letting her keepers arrive at a conclusion (something's very much ''not'' right here), she starts ranting...
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