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Bless The Child Details

2000 Certificate 15
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Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger) is an ordinary single woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden appearance of her long-lost sister Jenna, a drug addict who drops off her newborn daughter and disappears again. Maggie adopts the girl, Cody, as her own and raises her, forming a close mother-daughter bond. Years later, as .. Read more

Starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Holliston Coleman, Rufus Sewell
Director Charles Russell
Genres Horror

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Bless The Child

Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger) is an ordinary single woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden appearance of her long-lost sister Jenna, a drug addict who drops off her newborn daughter and disappears again. Maggie adopts the girl, Cody, as her own and raises her, forming a close mother-daughter bond. Years later, as Cody begins to exhibit some strange and otherworldly abilities, a number of local children are found brutally murdered--all children who were born on the same date as Cody. Suddenly Maggie's sister reappears, now married to the mysterious Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell), leader of the New Dawn Foundation, an unusual self-help movement. After the sinister Stark kidnaps Cody, Maggie must team up with police officer John Travis (Jimmy Smits) and friends from her church to stop Stark's diabolical plans and keep Cody safe. A religious horror movie in the tradition of ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE OMEN, with excellent (and creepy) special effects and a no-holds-barred battle between the forces of good and evil, BLESS THE CHILD depicts Maggie as a woman who will do anything to save the only daughter she's ever had. The film, directed by Chuck Russell, is based on the novel by Cathy Cash Spellman.

Starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Holliston Coleman, Rufus Sewell, Angela Bettis, Christina Ricci, Lumi Cavazos, Ian Holm, Dimitra Arliss
Director Charles Russell
Studio ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Horror
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 09 Jul 2001
Production year: 2000
Format DVD
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  • 2 stars out of 5

    One minute Kim Basinger's winning an Oscar for LA Confidential, the next she's starring in this below-average supernatural yarn, which seems to be trying to emulate The Omen in its battle for control of a “special” child. Basinger plays a nurse who rears her drug-addicted sister's baby as her own, until the sister turns up with a creepy new husband (Rufus Sewell) and demands the return of the youngster, who's started to manifest all sorts of magical powers. It's not long before Basinger realises that swarms of rats and circling demons may signal something evil, and she teams up with an FBI officer (Jimmy Smits) to track the child down. It's all utter nonsense, but entertaining in a daft sort of way, though Christina Ricci is shamefully wasted in an irrelevent supporting role.

    • Radio Times
  • Dim-witted horror movie with a feeble, derivative narrative and risible angelic interventions whenever inspiration reaches rock-bottom.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Give this a go

    Had never heard of this film before, but thought I`d give it a try, and was glad I did...

    If you liked arnie`s film 'End of Days' then rent this too!

      • goldenknut from berkshire
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  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Give this a go

    Had never heard of this film before, but thought I`d give it a try, and was glad I did...

    If you liked arnie`s film 'End of Days' then rent this too!

      • goldenknut from berkshire
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    • Bless The Child
      Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger) is an ordinary single woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden appearance of her long-lost sister Jenna, a drug addict who drops off her newborn daughter and disappears again. Maggie adopts the girl, Cody, as her own and raises her, forming a close mother-...