Godsend
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24 out of 100

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4.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

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  • Starring: Cameron Bright, Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Robert De Niro
  • Summary: Paul and Jessie Duncan (Kinnear, Romijn-Stamos) have lost their beloved eight year-old son Adam (Bright) in a tragic accident. As they are arranging for his burial, Dr. Richard Wells (De Niro) approaches with the incredible offer to clone, and bring back their boy. (Lions Gate Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 32
  3. Negative: 23 out of 32
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    It's a thriller, a bad thriller, completely lacking in psychological or emotional truth.
  2. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    De Niro wears a shamefaced look most of the time, as if doubly embarrassed: He agreed to a movie he knew was worthless, yet he's too lazy or indifferent to give us his best.
  3. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    38
    Godsend is godawful.
  4. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    38
    With its cheap scares, its defiant lack of special effects, and the most blatant usage of a red coat as a stand-out prop since Schindler’s List, Godsend is as much an experiment-gone-wrong as its Frankensteinesque plot.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 10 out of 22
  1. FelixQ.
    7
    For the most part, not terrible. It's a fair, if not wholely unique concept, and terrifically cast. It's not as bad as it's painted, it's really quite passable- a mid level thriller with the creepiest (I mean that in a good way!) child actor ever. I would've given it an 8, but really I expected more from the ending. As I said, the concept itself is intriguing if slightly over-used, but a great ending would've pulled this whole thing up.… Expand
  2. Deluge
    3
    Godsend is a terrible thriller. It's not worth watching in theaters, not worth renting it on DVD not even worth watching it on channel 45 if it airs on tv.… Expand

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