Shamelessly silly, Bless The Child notches up the clichés as the daft story meanders towards a suitably hammy conclusion.
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12/30/06
Bless the Child (2000)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:3
Rotten:92
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
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 --... [More]
Starring: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm
Director: Chuck Russell
Reviews for Bless the Child
Top CriticThe 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
Top CriticEfficiently made hokum.
12/10/01
The set-up ... doesn't exactly have you performing cartwheels of excitement as it lays out its rather transparent tussle between good and evil.
04/17/01
Top CriticIt's annoying stupid, not fun stupid.
02/14/01
The special effects are impressive, but the dialogue is an unintentional hoot.
08/07/08
It reps another disappointing outing from Kim Basinger, who's clearly uninspired by the hack material.
06/06/08
Top CriticHorrendous dialogue and horrific directing dominate this thriller, in which Coleman's performance shines by default.
01/08/07
Mostly derivative junk, but its few novel touches are worth noting.
04/09/05
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
Forgive them, Lord; Russell et al know not what they do.
05/14/03
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
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08/23/02
This movie is filled with such nonsense.
08/02/02
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
A frighteningly fundamentalist vision of contemporary society that's shamelessly and ineptly manipulative.
03/24/02
It makes the battle between good and evil look trite, familiar, and boring.
03/19/02
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