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Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich), a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.
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While it boasts a handful of shocks, The Fourth Kind is hokey and clumsy and makes its close encounters seem eerily mundane.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness [The] ostensible archival footage proves so clunky and transparently phony that the entire gimmick collapses. Rated: C- Jan 5, 2011 Full Review Ian Buckwalter NPR When the director divides the screen into quadrants for his big finish, the effect is just laughable -- but then by that point, the movie is too. Rated: 3.9/10 Jul 4, 2010 Full Review Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Unfortunately, none of the subsequent noise is all that scary, and the striving for Paranormal Activity's buzz is shameless. Rated: 2/5 Nov 11, 2009 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review The Fourth Kind is nothing more than an elaborate hoax to draw UFO enthusiasts. Rated: 0.5/4 Mar 7, 2024 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com The 'Fifth Kind' is when you're stupid enough to spend your hard earned cash to view what is easily one of 2009's worst films and a surefire Razzie nominee for Worst Picture. Rated: 0/4.0 Sep 8, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Filmed with too many re-creations of the shrink's videotaped sessions. Rated: C+ Apr 29, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alysha S The filmmaking falls short in a couple of ways, but the content itself -- including actual footage regarding the issue at hand -- is more important. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review D. Hunter P I found the way that they used documentary film footage mixed in with the dramatic movie to be very jarring at first. It was definitely a really creepy topic, and there really isn't enough alien abduction fiction out there. Its one of my favorite horror/thriller topics. I found myself mostly just really wanting to watch a documentary about this. The times they played clips that were straight up from the actual footage or recordings were incredibly creepy and I sort of thought that outside of Milla, the other actors weren't as good as the real people. Overall, I'm glad I watched it and I have been googling things since because I want to learn more about it. I get this weird feeling that I did watch it at some point, but had forgotten most of it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/03/24 Full Review Samantha L I am a 34 year old professional woman living in NYC and I fell for it in 2024 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Jaylen S A fun little chiller although its not all that scary and its poorly made. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Regina P I can see what they were going for... but it didn't work ultimately. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/24/23 Full Review Patrick C It had potential but parts were pretty dumb and melodramatic. Trying to seem real was a mistake imo, but I guess it's creative. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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A scene from the film "The Fourth Kind." A scene from the film "The Fourth Kind." (L-R) Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler and Elias Koteas as Dr. Campos in "The Fourth Kind." (L-R) Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler, Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Alolowa and Elias Koteas as Dr. Campos in "The Fourth Kind." Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler in "The Fourth Kind." Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler in "The Fourth Kind." (L-R) Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler and Will Patton as Sheriff August in "The Fourth Kind." Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler in "The Fourth Kind." (Foreground L-R) Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler and Will Patton as Sheriff August in "The Fourth Kind." Will Patton as Sheriff August in "The Fourth Kind." View more photos

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Synopsis Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich), a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.
Director
Olatunde Osunsanmi
Producer
Paul Brooks, Joe Carnahan, Terry Lee Robbins
Screenwriter
Olatunde Osunsanmi
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Chambara Pictures, Gold Circle Films
Rating
PG-13 (Some Terror|Brief Sexuality|Thematic Elements|Violent and Disturbing Images)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 6, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.5M
Runtime
1h 38m
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