| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"...a weak psychological thriller." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"Godsend makes swill of religion, science, family, and morality. It has the sensitivity of a cactus, the ingenuity of a square wheel, and the integrity of a CEO." more... |
D- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a bad thriller, completely lacking in psychological or emotional truth." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
"Downright scary in some places, Godsend might be more potent if it wasn't watered down by religious trope predictability." more... |
C |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"De Niro...seems to be operating on cruise control." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"Can we, like, return to godsender?" more... |
D |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"The acting is hammy, the story’s riddled by credibility gaps, and the technical aspects are dreary." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"There's no excuse for a thriller as lame, leaden and unthrilling as Godsend..." more... |
D |
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell |
"...portentous and quickly disappointing..." more... |
D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Godsend is godawful." more... |
D+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Every scare is telegraphed. Every surprise is recycled from a better thriller." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...it introduces a compelling situation and then boxes itself in..." more... |
C- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"Every step seems contrived, predictable or unintentionally funny..." more... |
C- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...a poor man's Shining, with some lame Sixth Sense and Omen elements thrown in." more... |
C |
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