This is supposed to be a chilling occult thriller. Puh!
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Bless the Child (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 92
Fresh: 3
Rotten:89
Average Rating: 3/10
Consensus: Bless the Child doesn't scare, but may provoke unintended laughter from audiences. It's basically a B-movie.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O’Connor’s (Kim Basinger) well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital -- that is, until her wayward kid sister, Jenna... [More]
Starring: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm
Director: Chuck Russell
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06/06/08
Top Critic Horrendous dialogue and horrific directing dominate this thriller, in which Coleman's performance shines by default.
01/08/07
Shamelessly silly, Bless The Child notches up the clichés as the daft story meanders towards a suitably hammy conclusion.
12/30/06
Top Critic The use of child jeopardy as a cheap suspense mechanism is somewhat dubious, but one's unease is slightly mollified by the fact that much of this is far too silly to take seriously.
06/24/06
Any movie where the villain is a combination of Danny Bonaduce and L. Ron Hubbard has at least has one thing going for it.
06/12/03
Watching, I felt that the script wasn't taking full advantage of the genre.
05/22/03
If this film were just written badly, or just acted badly, it might have some value. But here we have a double negative.
02/08/03
I kept thinking Jay and Silent Bob would pop out and make a Star Wars joke.
12/08/02
Maggie O'Connor begins having visions... These demons look like refugees from "Fantasia" and the angels appear to her as sparkling winged cabbages. Perhaps they're on their way to be photographed for some sort of heavenly produce ad.
06/15/02
A better script or stronger direction might have helped, but without either, this one goes to the Devil.
06/05/02
It makes the battle between good and evil look trite, familiar, and boring.
03/19/02
Watching it stumble about reminds one how difficult this sort of material can be, and how Satan needs more than some bad CGIs to be truly scary.
10/24/01
As ponderous and pointless as a supernatural thriller can possibly get.
04/19/01
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