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Godsend

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After Paul Duncan (Greg Kinnear) and his wife, Jessie (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), lose their young son, Adam (Cameron Bright), in an accident, they are approached by Richard Wells (Robert De Niro), a fertility doctor. Wells believes that he can clone Adam and gives Paul and Jessie the option to let him try, but only if they start life over elsewhere. Adam's clone proves to be identical to the deceased boy, but, when he reaches his 8th birthday, things begin to go horribly wrong.
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A murky thriller with few chills, Godsend features ludicrous dialogue, by-the-numbers plotting, and an excess of cheap shocks.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/24/2010
2/5
A bad thriller that is too intense for tweens. Go to Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 01/05/2007
As in most bad thrillers, the number of pointless shocks increases in direct proportion to the drama's decreasing vitality, like defibrilator paddles jolting a dying man. Go to Full Review Noel Murray AV Club 07/22/2006
[Relies] on cheap shocks instead of honestly exploring how the parents of a dead child might feel about raising his clone. Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison The List 04/18/2019
1/5
Perhaps it's appropriate that a horror flick about cloning should be a derivative affair... Go to Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 05/08/2009
D+
"Godsend" suffers from a feeble plot, laughable dialogue, and thriller cliches that barely effect the characteristic jolts of the genre. Go to Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 04/29/2009
As anticipated the climax is very abrupt and unresolved, but by then I just didn't care, and was so glad to see this junk come to an end. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 Oct 25 Success in 1 hour and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more B K Jan 9 Awful! Hard to believe that a de Niro film can be as bad as this, but this film delivers rubbish in spades. De Niro clearly works hard, but the plot and the script are so riddled with holes, that there is no opportunity to perfume the pig. The plot may not be real world, but that does not excuse the plethora of unexplained actions. Avoid. See more Federico 07/08/2023 Ykes. Poor De Niro and Kinnear can't save this trainwreck of a movie. The decent performances are far from being enough to make this movie re-watchable or advisable. See more Victor E 06/08/2023 Decent movie with a terrible ending See more Regina P 04/24/2023 The fact that I had a hard time remembering the ending by the time I decided to write the review is the exact reason I am giving it one star. See more 06/16/2022 Boring, listless horror flick with a grain of a good idea (cloning a recently deceased child), but does absolutely NOTHING with it. Why even cast Robert De Niro as a mad scientist when you have him play it straight? See more Read all reviews
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Nick Hamm

Director

Frank M. Calo

Director

Greg Kinnear

Paul Duncan

Rebecca Romijn

Jessie Duncan

Robert De Niro

Dr. Richard Wells

Cameron Bright

Adam Duncan

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Synopsis After Paul Duncan (Greg Kinnear) and his wife, Jessie (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), lose their young son, Adam (Cameron Bright), in an accident, they are approached by Richard Wells (Robert De Niro), a fertility doctor. Wells believes that he can clone Adam and gives Paul and Jessie the option to let him try, but only if they start life over elsewhere. Adam's clone proves to be identical to the deceased boy, but, when he reaches his 8th birthday, things begin to go horribly wrong.
Director
Nick Hamm, Frank M. Calo
Producer
Marc Butan, Michael Paseornek, Cathy Schulman
Screenwriter
Mark Bomback
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Artists Production Group, Blue Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Scene of Sexuality|Frightening Images|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 30, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.3M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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