Bless the Child

2000

Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 4% · 113 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 15937 15.9K

sibling relationship autism satanism substitute demon

Director

Chuck Russell Photo
Chuck Russell

Top cast

Arnold Pinnock Photo
Arnold Pinnock as Alley Officer
Christina Ricci Photo
Christina Ricci as Cheri
Kim Basinger Photo
Kim Basinger as Maggie O'Connor
Vince Corazza Photo
Vince Corazza as Reverend's Assistant
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992.75 MB
1280*536
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.99 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gavin6942 6 / 10

Better Than Made Out to Be

Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O'Connor's well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital, until one rainy night, her sister Jenna abandons her newborn, autistic daughter at her home.Only 5.0 out of 10? This is what IMDb has given this film (as of June 2015). Not that this is anything amazing, but it is hardly only a flat five. We have Christina Ricci, Angela Bettis, and director Chuck Russell, which should be worth something.We have a priest-turned-cop (sort of like "The Prophecy") which creates this interesting mixture of police procedural and satanic mystery. If done right, this is a great theme. (It is done fairly well here.) And with Rufus Sewell, who is always so evil in his roles? Excellent.
Reviewed by lee_a_scott 4 / 10

Messy.

What a horrible mess! How Messrs Basinger, Smits, Sewell, Ricci and Holm ended up in this half-assed excuse for a film I'm not sure, but even my profound Ricci bias cannot save my opinion of this film. Actually, I'm not being fair – the film has good things about it. So, on balance: plot – vaguely interesting Omen rip-off with a twist; cast – oddly high profile, with only Basinger seeming miscast (she's too wholesome for the part, and just didn't convince at all) and everyone dealing admirably with the clunky dialogue; effects – hmmm, file under "really-not-very-special"; direction – hmmm, file under "hey, turns out those effects were tremendous compared to the direction!" That was the real issue – lame direction. There were lots of positive elements (a semi-gruesome Se7en-esque thriller angle, the aforementioned Omen riff, Christina Ricci) but, instead of mixing and presenting these ingredients to leave us with a tasty pie, we were left with a motley collection of ingredients that didn't hang at all. Amusingly, Rufus Sewell comments on the DVD interviews that he likes this kind of film when it is done well – better luck next time, Rufus!
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