David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet
"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" takes the always-complicated relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully,...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2008
Stats: 13,570 reviews
I'm not sure where the complaints lie.
This movie was a better than average thriller that stood on its own apart from any knowledge of the characters going in.
I think this is what made diehard fans upset...we didn't need to be privy to much beforehand to make this movie work. ...( read more)
If you have seen at least one season and know the background to the recent seasons then you will enjoy this film. Otherwise this is a comparitivlely normal movie but worth seeing the same. Thriller/Horror/Drama
Extremely disappointed this movie was low budget, and boring where the hell was the paranormal activity? Fucking shit
I kind of zoned out on the last few seasons of The X-Files then checked out altogether once David Duchovny left the show, so I had no idea what happened in that final season. So I kind of watched The X-Files: I Want to Believe out of nostalgic self-imposed obligation more than an...( read more)
Hmmm... Well it wasn't bad, but it was not really good. Fails as a thriller and the acting was average. Overall, the plot was workable though slow. The film feels more like a made for TV movie than a cinema film.
Could have been more. Felt like a regular episode. Glad to see Mulder & Scully back.
i like this film but not much sciece fiction as the other one but it was good it one more on a seril killer type one
This is a solid X-Files movie made for the fans, especially because it is just a case. Its not a government conspiracy, its just some weird body snatching. In the process, so loose ends from the series are wrapped up. Fine with me.
i think this was the worst x files. selling body parts and experimenting on animals come on. X files is all about aliens not what this movie showed. show me some aliens
There may be no going back, as much as we might want to believe otherwise. full review
In the end it's all about these very full and rewarding lead characters. full review
Carter doesn't try to meet or exceed fans' expectations so much as create an intimately scaled dramatic universe for his fiercely beloved characters, Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, to inhabit, circa 2008. full review
In not knowing who it needs to please, I Want to Believe pleases no one. full review
Low in budget, inspiration and excitement, the film feels less like a bigger, better, widescreen reworking of the old goblins-and-G-men show than a forgotten script agonizingly stretched to feature le... full review
Though the mood of The X Files: I Want to Believe remains consistently funereal, the storytelling is all over the place. full review
I make it sound a little silly. Well, it is a little silly, but it's also a skillful thriller, giving us just enough cutaways to a sinister laboratory to keep us fascinated. full review
i liked it in all
but it really did lack the true x files feel
i mean like where were the Aliens like in the series there were Super soilders did they like all just suddenly die or something and scully had a big additude problem in this movie i love her and mulder and that their together and all but idk they just seem so different from the old scully and mulder this movie wasn't what i thought it would be i thought it would answer alot of unanswered questions but it didnt
the one thing i did love though was that SKINNER was in this movie when i saw him i freaked i thought he was dead or something so it made me so happy to see that he lived
the weak scully/dying boy plot line aside, it was fun. nice cameo from Skinner too.
Seriously pedestrian effort. Nobody seems the little bit interested in what they are doing. Bears little resemblance to the trailblazing series and basically forgets what it was all about. If this all that can be produced with six years to prepare then lets leave it at this. Father Joe is very much a cut-rate Clyde Bruckman.
Pretty weak, Im quite disappointed. This movie is more horror (gore) than it is mystery. I love horror movies, but really dont want to see that in the XFiles. There was no excitement in the movie whatsoever, not like in old times. For old times sake I give the movie 3 stars cuz I love Scully and Mulder and the story itself was not bad, just not in an XFiles movie. If you expect anything like the show you will be as disappointed as I am, I can not recommend the movie sadly enough.
It was so great guys!! I think that fans will appreciate it more than someone who is just watching it without having seen the show, but either way it was amazing!! I cannot wait to see it again!! ^_^
lol....i watch this x file series since i was 10years old!! what a nice movie....i cant wait to download it to pc^^
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