This is more than enough material for two hours of summer-movie fun, and The X-Files delivers said fun reasonably well.
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The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:43
Rotten:25
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Results may vary for newcomers, but fans of the series will enjoy its big-screen transition.
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: The stars of TV's THE X-FILES, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) make it to the big screen in this long-awaited extension of the hit television series. True to the premise of... [More]
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner
Director: Rob Bowman
Reviews for The X-Files: Fight the Future
Is it the best 'episode?' No. But it's a good one.
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funny and edgy and absorbing
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It's refreshing to see Hollywood make a movie that isn't dumb, and that doesn't talk down to its audience.
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Chris Carter has succeeded so well in keeping the plot under wraps that even after you watch the imposing imagery, you leave the theater wondering who's conspiring against whom for what purpose.
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One of the season's more lightly enjoyable mainstream offerings.
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The X-Files is above-average television, and in the case of this movie it also makes for above-average science fiction cinema.
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Conspiracy theorists, consider this: What if the hush-hush atmosphere and Internet mania surrounding the first X-Files feature film were part of a giant plot to hide the uneventfulness of one more summertime sci-fi fizzle?
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Top CriticBoth Duchovny and Anderson are much better here, as they actually exhibit more personality and charm and less of the one-note mumbling that plagues their TV performances.
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The movie, directed by Rob Bowman, plays more to the show's chief strengths: its macabre wit, its creepy-crawlie scares, and especially the tense, complex relationship at its center.
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Mysterious, moody, exciting at parts, this movie succeeds in bringing the spookiness and interest of the television series to the big screen.
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It's a two-hour episode of the show, except with better production values and a nicer wardrobe for Scully.
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As a movie, it generates a good atmosphere and has a pair of good performances from the leads...and that's about it.
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An enigma wrapped in a conundrum sealed in a plain brown vapor-lock baggie that -- wonder of wonders! -- actually makes a fair amount of sense.
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As political thrillers go it really does not cut the mustard.
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One of the more interesting summer adventures to come along.
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I'm a huge devotee of the series, so it's a little tough to be objective, but I think the movie is self-contained enough not to confuse those who aren't.
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A most unusual summer blockbuster: one that delivers the thrilling goods with an uncommon dose of intelligence and complexity.
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Move along. Nothing to see here.
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November 18, 2008:
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August 01, 2008:
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April 16, 2008:
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