BLESS THE CHILD
Starring: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell and Christina Ricci
Director: Chuck Russell
Running Time: 110 mins
Available now to Rent on Video or Buy on DVD
Returning home to find her sister Jenna on the door step with a new baby and a heroin addiction, Maggie O'Connell (Basinger) invites them in, only to have her sister run out and leave her with the baby. Six years later, Cody has grown in a distant, thought to be autistic girl, who start to show amazing powers of healing. When her Mother returns with new husband Eric Stark (Sewell), wanting Cody back, Maggie is warned by a young girl called Cheri (Ricci) that they want her for a more sinister reason.
I can't be bothered writing anymore about this movie's plot because by the time I've finished this review you really won't want to see this movie. This has to be the worst movie I have seen in a long time. It has no redeeming features at all. The acting is over the top, the special effects are laughable and the story is a load of pro-religious propaganda. One hundred and ten minutes of pure unadulterated drivel. I laughed more in this movie than I did in many of comedy movies I watched in 2000 and it was supposed to be a horror movie. At one point Maggie is rescued from falling to her death by a familiar looking man with long hair and a beard, who then suddenly disappears. Please don't bother watching this movie, it is already in the running for the worst movie of the year 2001.
Audio Commentary by Director Chuck Russell and Visual Effects Supervisor Joel Hynek, Interviews with Cast and Crew Members, Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu & Scene Access
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