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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C
Source Brief Review Grade*
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
"Carter and co-writer Frank Spotnitz have stapled together an arbitrary plot out of yesterday's news..." more... D+
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"The movie is insidious. It involves evil on not one level but two." more... A-
Chicago Tribune
Geoff Berkshire
"What might have been spine-tingling fun in a condensed 45 minute form feels padded and tedious at nearly two hours." more... B-
E! Online
Alex Markerson
"Why did we wait ten years and end up with this?" more... C-
Filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti
"...inexcusably dull and completely unnecessary retread of a film has faded from the screen." more... D+
Hollywood Reporter
Justin Lowe
"A fairly routine crime procedural more suitable to the small screen than the wide screen." more... C  
Los Angeles Times
Jan Stuart
"The second feature film based on Fox's hit TV show is so down to earth, it's almost mundane." more... D+
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"...atmospheric and moves briskly, but it's basically TV writ large." more... C  
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
"Baggy, draggy, oddly timed and strangely off the mark..." more... D+
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"...little of the TV series' charm and appeal can be found in this uneven, plodding excuse for a reunion." more... C  
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
"The old spark is missing." more... C  
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"...A compelling suspense thriller with some tense moments." more... B  
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Travis Nichols
"...feels like a pretty good season finale rather than a big-screen triumph..." more... C+
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"...the Mulder-Scully chemistry seems to have evaporated." more... C  
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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