The Messengers (2007)
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Reviews Counted:81
Fresh:9
Rotten:72
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: The Messengers is an atmospheric but derivative rip-off of countless other horror movies.
Theatrical Release:06-04-2007
Synopsis: Twin filmmakers Danny and Oxide Pang's creepy 2003 feature THE EYE earned them enough kudos to make the leap to Hollywood, and their first effort is the creepy chiller THE MESSENGERS. A... [More]
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, Kristen Stewart
Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Reviews for The Messengers
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 2/5 |
It's pretty ordinary genre stuff. Full Review |
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2/5 |
It's like a movie premonition — you've seen it all before. Full Review |
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 3/5 |
Derivative but enjoyable horror flick with stylish direction, an intriguing mystery and strong performances from its cast. Full Review |
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Many of the images feel over-familiar, and the shocks a mite too forced. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Gaping plot holes, a tacked-on ending and a twist that belongs in a different movie. Full Review |
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There are flashes of good imagery in The Messengers, but [they] work better in the trailer, unencumbered by the dreary plot. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Patchwork filmmaking designed by a corporate mentality devoted only to the defense of the lowest common denominator. The viewer is assumed to be stupid and easily duped. Full Review |
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C- |
The only message worth relaying about The Messengers is: Avoid. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Um filme falho (especialmente com relação ao seu roteiro), mas que oferece belos exemplos do dom que os cineastas têm para criar planos e cenas perturbadores. Full Review |
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A film so filled with clichés of the genre and plot points so dumb that even a novice would end up laughing. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Una más de niños que ven fantasmas, totalmente insignificante y olvidable y plagada de lugares comunes que ya no asustan ni sorprenden a nadie. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The problem with The Messengers is that it simply doesn't offer up much of anything new. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The scares have been booby-trapped brilliantly throughout it. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
...irredeemably uneventful and - ultimately - hopelessly derivative... Full Review |
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C- |
The MessengersI/i> is textbook, and the course it's teaching is HSL: Horror as a Second Language. Full Review |
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Yet not even the Pang brothers' sense of panache can redeem what is a lame script by Mark Wheaton. Full Review |
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Though The Messengers stands above its ilk, the filmmakers work with too limited a tone, and restrained a sense of exploration, to bring it to life. Full Review |
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