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Unborn, The
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images, thematic material and language including some sexual references
Starring
Odette Yustman,
Gary Oldman,
Cam Gigandet,
Meagan Good,
Carla Gugino,
Jane Alexander,
Idris Elba,
and
Rhys Coiro
Casey Bell hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual advisor, Sendak, who can make it stop. With Sendak's help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany—a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born. (Universal Pictures)
GENRE(S): |
Horror
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Suspense/Thriller
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WRITTEN BY: |
David S. Goyer
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DIRECTED BY: |
David S. Goyer
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RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: January 9, 2009
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RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
ORIGIN: |
USA |
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67
Entertainment Weekly
Clark Collis
Indeed, Goyer has penned many scripts superior to this one (he co-wrote cult gem Dark City), but he does make sure you're never far away from a big "Boo!"
63
TV Guide
Jason Buchanan
What more could a horror fan ask for than a spook-fest that feels pure in its intentions while taking full advantage of every opportunity to scare us silly?
63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
I enjoyed the visual effects used to create some hellish creatures and the amusing nods to "The Exorcist" - cranial rotation, even a spooky staircase. But the movie slips in the last act.
50
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
For as long as it forges ahead without explanations, The Unborn works, in its way, as a series of snap-cut gotchas introducing each new contestant in its pageant of cold-sweat set pieces.
40
Variety
Peter Debruge
Whereas Japanese horror movies have been criticized for not making sense, The Unborn errs on the opposite extreme, coming off all the more ridiculous for over-explaining itself.
40
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
What "The Exorcist" might look like if Madonna rewrote it, this silly fright flick finds college student Casey (Odette Yustman) haunted by a Kabbalistic demon.
38
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
This material is offensive. The film may end with a straight-faced reassurance that "no actual Torah scrolls were destroyed or damaged in the making of this motion picture," but it's perfectly willing to exploit the Holocaust for cheap, weak thrills.
38
USA Today
Claudia Puig
A laughably bad horror flick.
30
Los Angeles Times
Glenn Whipp
Mostly, though, the movie is something of a snooze, a gabby PG-13 horror flick whose most shocking image might be the bored look on Gary Oldman's face as he goes through the motions of playing the rabbi in charge of dispatching the film's damnable demon to somewhere over hell's rainbow.
30
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
The film teeters so perilously and routinely at the edge of camp, both with some of its casting choices and some unfortunate dialogue (the repeated warning that "Jumby wants to be born now"), that it's hard to know if Mr. Goyer wants to make us howl with fear or laughter.
30
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
What finally undoes the struggle to maintain suspense is Goyer's dialogue, which is consistently hokey.
25
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
What darkness the movie achieves comes solely from the lighting.
25
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Maybe approaching The Unborn as horror is the wrong approach. Perhaps this should be seen as a comedy. It is quite possibly the most egregiously laughable high-profile supernatural tale since Roman Polanski and Johnny Depp impaled themselves on "The Ninth Gate."
20
Film Threat
Michael Ferraro
This is the sort of film that fails on every single aspect it aims for.
20
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Calling The Unborn a dull, plodding, exposition-crammed slog through a twilight of barely maintained tedium is like calling "Valkyrie" a yawn. It's too easy.
12
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The Unborn joins a growing glut of Holocaust- and Nazi-themed material -- "Valkyrie," "Defiance" - that are long on posturing, suppositions, and righteousness, yet short on moral complexity. Nazism and its crimes have lately inspired theme parks more than actual movies. Too many rides on that roller coaster and I feel sick.
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