Product Details

• Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh, Patrick Malahide
• Directors: Gregory J. Read
• Writers: Gregory J. Read
• Producers: Carol Hughes, Cyril Megret, Damita Nikapota, Hugo Heppell, Jonathan Shteinman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: The Weinstein Company
• DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000P6R9M6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,674 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Thrilling psychological murder mystery starring Toni Collette as a police psychologist trying to solve a series of murders at an all-boys prep school.

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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dark, Finely Wrought Mystery of the Highest Caliber!, August 17, 2007

By	Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

For some strange reason the very fine Australian/British film LIKE MINDS underwent a name change and hit the US market as MURDEROUS INTENT. The original title is so much more apropos of the story: the alternate title tends to make the audience pass over 'just another death film' category that prevents this excellent little film from appealing to a wide audience. Writer/Director Gregory J. Reed and his talented cast and production staff deserve better as this is a stunning psychological drama well worth seeing.

The setting is an all boys' prep school and among the students is Alex (a very fine young Eddie Redmayne) who happens to be the son of the headmaster (Patrick Malahide) and is a brilliant scholar - if somewhat of a troublemaker at the same time. Into this setting arrives a new student Nigel (an equally fine young Tom Sturridge) who is a darkly quiet, malevolent, bright lad preoccupied with history and necrophilia. The two boys are placed together as roommates, much to Alex's objections, and gradually secrets are unraveled that show how the two boys become, via gestalt, a sum of evil greater than its parts. Alex is horrified and yet fascinated with the ritual-influenced deaths that begin to occur and when Nigel himself is murdered, Alex is the blamed.

Enter the police: McKenzie (Richard Roxburgh) arrests and charges Alex with murder, but requires substantiation from a forensic psychologist Sally (the always superb Toni Collette). Sally interviews Alex, observes his behavior and manages to get inside his mind, learn about the historical data that has directed the evil from her astute questioning sessions with Alex, and begins to follow her own intuition about the case. There are twists and turns, flashbacks to incidents, investigation details, and discoveries bordering on the occult that spin this dark yarn like a helix of fear. The ending will surprise the viewer.

The script is superb, the acting is top notch, the production design is accomplished and the musical score by Carlo Giacco is simply brilliant. This is a fine art film, graced by the quality of superior acting set by Collette, and is a tense drama that will keep an audience thinking and involved to the final credits. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, August 07

4.0 out of 5 stars Grimm Love Teen Years, October 5, 2009

By	Michael Kerjman (The Earth) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Four-star mark is for a mis-catching accent of teen-boy characters presenting an excellent story of the Catholic school high-grades, whose thirst for individual achievements and ring-leading is well-mixed with mutual attraction and pathologic urges.

They are not Hannibal] yet, but a sure young predators alike those of Grimm Love] adults surely.

Not so bad police/school thriller.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking, February 12, 2009

By	Lauren Shivayka - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I thought it was a really good movie. It isn't the type where you sit around and enjoy for leisure, but makes you question.