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The Messenger

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When a journalist is being brutally murdered, a man who is haunted by ghostly apparitions must help grant the man his dying wish.
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Kim Newman Empire Magazine Sep 23, 2015
2/5
A downbeat, rainy, British spin on The Sixth Sense, this has good performances but an uncertain tone. Go to Full Review Charlotte Keeys Little White Lies Sep 17, 2015
1/5
Do we really need a "gritty" British version of The Sixth Sense? Go to Full Review Steve Rose Guardian Sep 17, 2015
2/5
Sheehan's crazed temperament and beatific face sustain the ambiguity when little else does. Go to Full Review Naila Scargill Exquisite Terror Feb 28, 2019
A missed opportunity for exploration of the relationship between mental illness and the supernatural. Go to Full Review Jennifer Heaton Alternative Lens Nov 2, 2018
3/10
The plot is a meandering mess that drags painfully through the paper thin premise, and then ends just when it starts to get interesting. Go to Full Review Stephen Puddicombe Total Film Oct 31, 2016
3/5
Everything's held together by an authoritative performance from Sheehan, who does fine work keeping open the question of whether the ghosts are really there or just figments of his troubled imagination. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Gerry G @RT29452133 Apr 14, 2025 Why do so many English movies use this tedious laconic/meaningfull/less style of delivery - Short sentences with unnatural pauses. It completely lacks credibility. Or interest. For. That matter. Maybe it’s the only way to deliver that style of bullet point script. See more Mar 15, 2016 Fairly decent but still tends dull. See more Mar 11, 2016 This hackneyed tiresome tale of a young man in want of a good bath and a meal running from what is here portrayed as a haunting burden of mediumship that he neither wants nor has taken time to harness. Is largely misrepresentative,inaccurate,uninformative,misleading,unoriginal,predictable and dull...You may ask me How I would know ? The answer is...Because I am a medium and live a very happy fulfilling life. See more Sep 27, 2015 quite hecktic and not that interesting See more Read all reviews
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David Blair

Director

Joely Richardson

Psychiatrist

Robert Sheehan

Jack

Tamzin Merchant

Sarah

David O'Hara

DCI Keane

Lily Cole

Emma

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Movie Info

Synopsis When a journalist is being brutally murdered, a man who is haunted by ghostly apparitions must help grant the man his dying wish.
Director
David Blair
Producer
Richard Hart, Michael Knowles, Terry Stone, Richard Turner
Screenwriter
Andrew Kirk
Genre
Horror, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 7, 2018
Runtime
1h 41m
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