The Fourth Kind
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Metascore
34 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

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5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 58 Ratings

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  • Starring: Elias Koteas, Milla Jovovich, Will Patton
  • Summary: In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now. (Universal Pictures)

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 27
  3. Negative: 9 out of 27
  1. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    75
    In truth, what follows is less disturbing than intriguing – to audiences hip to the mechanics of horror flicks, it's rare fun to be fooled, and this one is pretty damned clever.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    50
    The Fourth Kind has a clever gimmick and nothing more.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Connie Ogle
    50
    While there are some genuinely creepy moments, it never truly ends up as more than an average "X-Files" episode.
  4. NPR
    Reviewed by: Ian Buckwalter
    39
    When he divides the screen into quadrants for his big finish, the effect is just laughable -- but then by that point, the movie is too.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. Falling_Hammer
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Personally I loved this film, why? Because it is just scary and the scenes from archive are just so real and it kept me on the edge of my seat. Actors played their roles very well and for me this film has got no disadvantages. So I give this film my highest rating.… Expand
  2. Khunter4382
    8
    Horrifying. The first time I watched this film, I felt chills and tingles go down the back of my neck. As a hardcore fan of the Sci-Fi genre, I was completely engrossed with this film. Some scenes are mirrored and occasionally display a dual-frame mode with actors on one frame and the "real" victims being hypnotised in the other. The score is eerie and is very befitting of the emotions at hand throughout the film. If you have any interest in extraterrestrials or abduction, this is a fine exhibition into that realm! However, once you realize that the "real" footage is all bull, this film becomes less horrifying.… Expand
  3. AlienSpaceBats
    6
    Personally, I enjoyed the film. The viewer partial to UFO fiction or interested in the paranormal will get more out of it than the casual viewer will. Fans of Fire In The Sky and Whitley Streiber's book "Communion" will love it. Highlights for me are the (fake) "found footage" sections which work tremendously well, less is more is used to great effect - similar to The Blair Witch in that regard.… Expand
  4. grandpajoe6191
    4
    Oren Pelli's "The Fourth Kind" is not a movie that will scare your guts off, not even till the last moment (like "Blair Witch Project" or "Paranormal Activity"). Instead it will make you wonder how dumb is the director to direct such idiotic movie.… Expand

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