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      Godsend

      PG-13 Released Apr 30, 2004 1 hr. 42 min. Mystery & Thriller Horror List
      4% 138 Reviews Tomatometer 20% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered May 07 Buy Now

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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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      Federico 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. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/08/23 Full Review Victor E Decent movie with a terrible ending Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/08/23 Full Review Regina P 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. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/24/23 Full Review Audience Member 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? Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I think the acting was really good, the plot was something new at the time. And cloning has since become a topic not spoken of. Not a chilling picture by any means, but a good story with some suspense to it. About 90% of people didn't like it, but I thought it was very good for what it was. And you really can't go wrong with Greg Kinnear and Robert De Niro! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Non believable, mediocre acting performances. Waste of my time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nell Minow Common Sense Media A bad thriller that is too intense for tweens. Rated: 2/5 Dec 24, 2010 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 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. Jan 5, 2007 Full Review Noel Murray AV Club [Relies] on cheap shocks instead of honestly exploring how the parents of a dead child might feel about raising his clone. Jul 22, 2006 Full Review Eddie Harrison The List Perhaps it's appropriate that a horror flick about cloning should be a derivative affair... Rated: 1/5 Apr 18, 2019 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com "Godsend" suffers from a feeble plot, laughable dialogue, and thriller cliches that barely effect the characteristic jolts of the genre. Rated: D+ May 8, 2009 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 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. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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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
      Executive Producer
      Eric Kopeloff, Todd Wagner, Mark Canton, Mark Cuban
      Screenwriter
      Mark Bomback
      Distributor
      Lionsgate Films
      Production Co
      Lions Gate Films, Artists Production Group, Blue Productions, 2929 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
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby SRD
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)
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