Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Robert De Niro
While it preys on the emotions of grieving parents, Godsend serves up a few minor shocks in an otherwise frightless supernatural thriller. Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos are the once-ha...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004
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May 1, 2008Why is the average rating for this so low? It wasn't at all that bad, I admit it wasn't one of the best Robert De Niro films I have seen, but it was decent and worth watching to say the least.
The story is actually very original and unlike no other film I have seen before. It'...( read more) -
April 18, 2008For the past thirty years various films have dealt with children being possessed. Everything from Rosemary's Baby to The Exorcist to The Omen has dealt with the subject matter used here but those films at least tried something different and didn't just recycle stuff seen in previ...( read more)
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February 17, 2008This is just as bad as those Omen spin-offs. Totally forced. What a waste of time for three very accomplished actors. Had to watch this on fast forward just to finish the story so I can slam it.
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December 16, 2007Further proof, if any were needed, that Robert De Niro will make any old tripe if the fee is right. This is an unbelievably awful, instantly forgettable paranormal chiller. The parents of a genetically cloned child spend the entire film trying to prove there's a malevolent kink i...( read more)
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November 13, 2009I've read some really bad reviews about this movie, but I DON'T CARE!
It looks very good to me and plus Greg Kinnear is in it so I NEED 2 SEE IT!!!!!!!!!! -
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September 19, 2009Pretty horrible. The premise was ridiculous. Most of it made no sense. Perhaps Robert DeNiro had some large debts he had to pay off and therefore had no other choice but to take this role...that's the only way I can explain it. Please don't watch this movie.
Critic Reviews
May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
June 6, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
A pea-brained hodgepodge of The Omen (1976), The Sixth Sense (1999), and about 30 Grade-Z Bela Lugosi mad-scientist movies. full review
April 30, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
It's hard to be frightened when you're snickering. full review
April 30, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Godsend goes nowhere and takes the whole cast with it. full review
April 30, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Every scare is telegraphed. Every surprise is recycled from a better thriller. Even the devil would send this one back. full review
April 29, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
A poor man's Shining, with some lame Sixth Sense and Omen elements thrown in. full review
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