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The X-Files: I Want to Believe

United States, Canada

2008

108 Min
Color
2.35:1
English, Russian, Czech
  • Currently 2.2/5 Stars.
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DIR Chris Carter

EXEC Brent O'Connor

PROD Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz

SCR Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz

DP Bill Roe

CAST David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Mitch Pileggi, Xzibit, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley

ED Richard A. Harris

MUSIC Mark Snow

Synopsis

Fox Mulder and Dana Scully both worked at the FBI as partners, a bond between them that led to their becoming lovers. But now they’re out of the FBI and have gone their separate ways. Scully works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Her focus these days is on a young boy with an incurable brain disease. Administration wants to give up on him. Scully, who feels a special bond with the boy, does not. Meanwhile, Mulder’s focus is on clipping newspaper articles about the paranormal and throwing pencils into his ceiling. Scully and Mulder are brought together again when a special case requires Mulder’s expertise, and Scully is prevailed upon to find him. The case involves a pedophile priest who claims he is having psychic visions regarding the whereabouts of a missing FBI agent.-IMDB

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Mark Garrett

29May12

A shockingly good movie, it's flaws only add to the sense of grunginess, and fear

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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi

5May12

What a disappointing coda to such a wonderful series. I'd really like there to be a third movie, a good one. I want Mulder and Scully to be awesome again. This was just meh.

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SmokeyPSD

19Mar11

Starting to not feel so much the criticism with this that it's so standalone. It just happens to centre so much more on Scully for once. It's really quite beautiful after everything.

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Christopher Smith

21Feb11

About on par with a below-average episode. While not as polished as the first film, there's some effective atmosphere with some nice chilly imagery from director Chris Carter and cinematographer Bill Roe, and there's some solid performances - but the plot is awkwardly paced and bogged down by ponderous subplots. Maybe worth watching for die-hard fans of the series, but ultimately underwhelming.

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THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
I wanted to believe the hype – in this case the ever-so strategically implemented reveal-NOTHING promotional campaign – that the return of the “X-Files” would be a cinematic event worth celebrating. For
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