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Bless the Child
Metascore
17 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 20 out of 27
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  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    75
    The movie works -- at least marginally.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Vicky Edwards
    63
    Entertaining, but it doesn't add enough to the genre to make it truly blessed.
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  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Often trite and predictable but grudgingly likable in the end.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    Should have sold its soul for a little help in the script department.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    50
    A schlocky thriller that might appeal to less discriminating members of the mall crowd.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Satanic silliness undermines this gloomy horror picture.
  7. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: J. Rentilly
    40
    Pop junk, an airport paperback, literally, turned into a mid-budget devil thriller.
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  8. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    38
    A cheesy crock of religious mumbo jumbo.
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  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Causes one to wish... that movies about the supernatural could make contact with supernatural script doctors.
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  10. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    The movie is somewhat below average. The plot doesn't always hold together.
  11. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    33
    A forehead-poundingly bad picture.
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  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    25
    Mostly ludicrous, but occasionally effective.
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  13. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    25
    The unintentional effect of movies like Bless the Child is that they are enough to make agnostics out of true believers.
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  14. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    25
    Goes straight to hell, and in this case it is its own handbasket.
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  15. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    20
    Far from the worst film this summer, but it also doesn't rate strong enough to be a future video rental.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    A supernatural soap opera.
  17. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Sara Wildberger
    12
    The whole thing's grotesque as a gargoyle and ugly as sin.
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  18. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    10
    Good vs. Evil For Dummies....and I, for one, dislike being treated like a Dummy.
  19. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    10
    Lapses into an exercise in foolishness.
  20. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    10
    Combines the most rudimentary of Catholic-inspired good vs. evil plots with visual effects that would barely pass muster in episodic TV.
  21. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    10
    The scariest thing about this hokey bombast is that it got made in the first place.
  22. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Cody Clark
    4
    Dreadful demonic disaster.
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  23. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    0
    It works not at all.
  24. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    0
    Abysmally stupid drama.
  25. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    0
    Director Chuck Russell ("The Mask") and screenwriter Thomas Rickman don't need new agents -- they need backup careers.
  26. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Mark Holcomb
    0
    A callous piece of work that exploits images of children in pain or jeopardy.
  27. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    0
    Horrendous dialogue and horrific directing dominate this thriller.
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