MOVIE - GODSEND - Review Rating $$ (OUT OF 10)

STARRING - Greg Kinnear (Paul Duncan), Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (Jessie Duncan), Robert De Niro (Dr. Richard Wells), Cameron Bright (Adam Duncan), Jenny Levine (Sandra Shaw), Deborah Odell (Tanya) & Janet Bailey (Cora Williams).

DIRECTOR - Nick Hamm (The Hole, Talk of Angels & The Very Thought of You)

Godsend is so bad it barely rates a review so I'll keep this short. The movie can't decide if it wants to be a serious morality tale or a full fledged horror flick. The result of this indecision is predictable. The junk science and sparse morality are laughable and the "horror" is uninspired and unoriginal.

I haven't seen De Niro give a worse performance in a long time. Unlike Al Pacino, in The Recruit, he doesn't even try to save this dog. Kinnear and Romijn-Stamos don't do us any favors either.

If you like having your intelligence insulted and wasting your hard earned money then I heartily recommend going to see Godsend, one of the worse movies of 2004 and the year isn't even half over yet.

Running time - 102 minutes

ALTERNATIVE REVIEWS:

Roger Ebert's Review

Peter Travers / Rolling Stone Review

Rotten Tomatoes Review

Godsend Official Web Site

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