Bless the Child
User Score
5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15

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  1. ChristineD.
    Aug 4, 2002
    1
    This movie was horrible! They took an outstanding book and totally turned it into trash. BUT who could be shocked it happens all the time.
  2. MamaJ.
    Mar 12, 2003
    10
    I liked it it was great!
  3. SaerA.
    Jun 15, 2004
    1
    There is no reason at all to watch this vulgar, brutal, trash. Bless The Child does not work at all.
  4. RyanM.
    Aug 31, 2001
    6
    Though it offers thrills and chills. Basinger can't get out the kind of "kick-ass girl power" that Jodie Foster and Jullianne Moore did in the part of Clarice Starling, which is exactly what Basinger is trying to be.
  5. SteveL.
    Jan 15, 2002
    5
    Not sure how I feel about this one--it's almost dull and almost inviting.

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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
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    A supernatural soap opera.
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  2. 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.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    75
    The movie works -- at least marginally.
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