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60 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
  • Summary: With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor, Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth! (Fox)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    83
    Dark, funny, paranoid, arbitrary, humming with tamped-down eroticism and in love with all things weird: That's the good news.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Neil Jeffries
    60
    The X-Files can stand proud as a genuine movie with a beginning, a middle and an end, two charismatic leads and a franchise ahead of it.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Ron Wells
    60
    The problem is, the main conspiracy of the show is so vast, you have to walk around it a couple of times before you can see what it is.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. kitty
    10
    The tv show is my favorite thing to ever be aired on tv, and this movie is just like a really long episode. it is creepy to a point, and even then I had some moments when I almost jumped clear up to the ceiling, which is rare for me. Plus I saw this before wathcing the show and I totally got it! And anyways this movie makes perfect sense to alien-obsessed me. Can't wait for the new movie!… Expand
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  2. LucasR.
    10
    Awesome X-Files movie. It was like an episode, but two hours long; I was thrilled all the time. Worth watching.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. alexandergreen
    5
    As a huge X-Files fan, I found the movie only okay. I could name several episodes that were much more entertaining than this film. Not to say that there are some great moments, but few and far between.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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