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- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 59 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 59 m
Summary A suspense-filled thriller about a man (Gere) driven to extremes to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his wife's death -- and how they might be connected to the strange phenomena in a town four hundred miles away. (Screen Gems)
Directed By: Mark Pellington
Written By: Richard Hatem, John A. Keel
- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 59 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 59 m
The Mothman Prophecies
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8.2
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Summary A suspense-filled thriller about a man (Gere) driven to extremes to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his wife's death -- and how they might be connected to the strange phenomena in a town four hundred miles away. (Screen Gems)
Directed By: Mark Pellington
Written By: Richard Hatem, John A. Keel
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
52
34% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
56% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
9% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
52
34% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
56% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
9% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
One truly, madly, deeply satisfying creep-out.
An entertaining and chilling film that will make you question what you believe about myths and the supernatural.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 109 User Ratings
8.2
81% Positive
88 Ratings
88 Ratings
12% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
7% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 109 User Ratings
8.2
81% Positive
88 Ratings
88 Ratings
12% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
7% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
As the plot loses steam, director Mark Pellington (whose paranoid thriller "Arlington Road" was one of the worst movies of 1999) tends to rely on cheap tricks to maintain suspense, although the final catastrophe is very nicely done.
About as threatening as the real-life insect the apparition resembles; its large, mossy wings may scare some people, but the bug can only damage your woolens. The movie flirts with more damage than it can actually cause.
There is very little about the hoary conventions of The Mothman Prophecies that couldn't be improved by a little levity, a little more sunlight and some judicious cutting.
A diverting pulp time-waster.
This mumbo-jumbo plays like The X Files on Prozac. No wonder the actors look narcotized.
