Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing
A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities. Based on true events.
DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002
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October 9, 2009I'm not too sure about how authentic these "true events" actually are, but The Mothman Prophecies manages to be moderately interesting. At least it got Richard Gere out of rom-com territory and introduced me to the milf-tastic Laura Linney.
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September 25, 2009I thought I was going to hate this film but I thought it was quite good in the end. It?s based on a true story, something I'd like to look into. It real problem though was its direction, there were to many conflicting styles. Over all though it was good, like a good episode of th...( read more)
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March 23, 2009A Washington reporter loses his wife in an automobile accident, then finds himself spirited away to a West Virgina town where the residents are spotting monsters and undergoing horrifying precognitive hallucinations. Creepy, bloodless "based on true events" chiller builds fine s...( read more)
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February 6, 2009Besides the obvious Gere classics, I am not a fan whatsoever of his and this didn't do much to change that. It was interesting enough to keep me watching, but the storyline was weird and weak. The bridge scene at the end of the film, though, made up for that mostly.
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September 15, 2008The film is very slow and isn't really that interesting. Ok, it's based on true events but if this is what really happened, I think they should've focused more on the mystery behind this "Mothman". What is he? Is he an alien or some kind of mystical immortal oracle? Is he even a ...( read more)
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November 2, 2009The idea was good, being a real story and everthing but somehow they managed to make it boring. Even Laura Linney can't save it.
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October 29, 2009Not everything falls into it's place, but it manages to involve you and surprise you, although not not fully unwind.
Quite entertaining horror movie. -
October 28, 2009I am one of those, who dont like Richard Gere cuz there are rumours that he looks good, and is talented or something. Maybe who knows. Lol. But he was not bad in this Movie. I liked the Plot specially cuz there are rumours this Movie is based on a true fact. Each to their own...
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October 22, 2009A three minute video on youtube explaining the mothman incident was more scary than this. It frankly wasn't interesting, and I felt bored.
Critic Reviews
January 25, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
January 18, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Plays like The X Files on Prozac. No wonder the actors look narcotized. full review
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June 4, 2008Don't go looking for something you may not want to find...
Curiosity killed the cat. Good movie! -
June 12, 2006This movie fascinated me, not so much with the film itself (although that was very impressive) but with the mystery of the Mothman. I was very intrigued by him/them, and I plan to read the book in the future to learn more about this/these enigmatic entity/entities.
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