Bless the Child [Region 2] |  | Director: Chuck Russell
Actors: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Holliston Coleman, Angela Bettis
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $49.97
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Rating:  97 reviews
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321900932455
ASIN: B00005A3OD
Theatrical Release Date: August 11, 2000
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When Maggie (Kim Basinger of L.A. Confidential and Batman) comes home to her apartment building one night, she discovers her estranged, drug-addict sister Jenna huddling in the doorway. Jenna promptly abandons her newborn baby with Maggie, who proceeds to raise the child as her own, despite evidence of autism. But as the little girl, Cody, gets older, what seemed to be autism starts to manifest itself in more startling ways. At the same time, a series of child murders are sweeping the city--murders conducted by a mysterious cult with supernatural matters on their mind. Bless the Child starts promisingly, with subdued, creepy scenes contrasted with more outrageous moments like swarms of computer-generated rats. Fans of religious horror movies will enjoy its twist on The Omen, with an angelic child instead of a demonic one--only the child is still pretty eerie. The special effects go a little overboard towards the end. Jimmy Smits (Price of Glory) costars as an FBI cult chaser, and Rufus Sewell (Dark City, Cold Comfort Farm) gives a pleasantly restrained performance as the charismatic cult leader. Also featuring Christina Ricci as a cult escapee and Ian Holm as a Jesuit priest. --Bret Fetzer
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good,not great, but in it's own way a excellent movie! February 18, 2010
Betty A. Johnson (columbus, ohio)
I like the movie, basically, because jimmy smits was in it. He's very nice looking. Plus, the girl did a good job on her part as well as kim basinger. i give it 3-stars. like I said, not a bad thriller-suspense movie.
 One of my Favorites of this Genre February 8, 2010
mary (Cape Girardeau, Mo United States)
I guess if you aren't a Catholic you might not like it as well.
But this and The Third Miracle are 2 of my top shelf religious dvd's.
Bless the Child January 17, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O'Connor's well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital -- that is, until her wayward kid sister, Jenna, shows up on her doorstep one rainy Christmas Eve and saddles Maggie with an autistic newborn child named Cody. Cody quickly touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. The little girl, it soon becomes clear, is more than simply "special." She manifests extraordinary powers that the forces of evil have waited centuries to control and her abduction sparks a clash between the soldiers of good and evil that can only be resolved, in the end, by the strength of one small child and the love she inspires in those she touches. This is a great movie. Kim Basinger acting is fantastic and the story is great. This movis keeps you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. I highly recommend it.
85% Accurate to the Bible book of Revelations October 5, 2009
S. Hansen (Earth)
Who would ever suspect the Mesiah to be a woman? Well, the son was already here, so why not the holy spirit in female human form? After all, as stated in Revelations, the faithful and true one is unnamed, and noone knows it's name but it itself. Revelations also mentions a Bride and a Woman on the Mount. There's a reason Revelations hasn't been able to successfully be decoded. A woman may actually have more of a chance to save the world. Who is Mother Earth anyway? The DaVinci code may actually have some truth to it.
A Refreshing Slant September 21, 2009
Bobby Underwood (Manly NSW, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Perhaps because this low-key thriller had a message of faith in the Good vs. Evil battle in our time it did not fare as well at the box office as darker films of this ilk, but is in fact, both exciting and involving. Kim Basinger gives a fine performance in director Chuck Russell's underrated film.
Christmas is a week away and the appearance of a star which has not been observed since the birth of Christ coincides with a series of ritual child murders. Maggie O'Conner (Kim Bassinger) is a nurse living alone after being deserted by a husband who split following two miscarriages. Her sister Jenna (Angela Bettis), a drug addict, shows up on her doorstep only long enough to leave her newborn baby, Cody. Maggie raises her as her own, becoming mother to the somewhat withdrawn little red-haired girl. Maggie senses something is different about Cody, not accepting the diagnoses of autism given her by doctors, and is right. Cody has gentle powers and has been born to lead people back to God.
John Travis (Jimmy Smits) is the Federal Agent whose time as a seminary student comes in handy leading the investigation into the six year old children being killed because they were born on December 16th, an occult symbol carved into their arms which points to Black Easter. Rufus Sewell of Dark City and television's 11th Hour is Erik Stark, a charismatic guru who knows what Cody is, and must turn her or destroy her. Holliston Coleman is excellent as the very sweet Cody, whose powers, such as lighting all the candles in church through thought and healing injured animals through her touch is witnessed by Sister Rosa (Lumi Cavazos). When Cody is kidnapped by Stark, Maggie and Agent Travis are helped by angels directing them to her.
Christina Ricci gives a fine performance as Sherry Post, who is being sought out by Stark's followers as well. She tries to help Maggie find Cody before it is to late, highlighted by a tense chase in a subway with a shocking ending. As Maggie gets her back and then loses her again amidst images of winged darkness and Stark's minions, Sister Rosa and Reverend Grissom (Ian Holm), a scholar censured by the Vatican, aid her in her desperate search to save her daughter's life and soul.
This is all handled in a low key and effective manner of ordinary people thrown into extraordinary circumstances, which adds to the suspense. There is an underlying message about faith in God scattered throughout this teriffic film perhaps different than what many came to it expecting to see. The old-fashioned notion that good will always, in the end, will out and conquer evil leaves viewers of that mindset heartened by its message. Those looking for a film in this genre with a more hopeful ending and substantive message may find this as good as I did when I first saw it in a theatre. An excellent suspense film with supernatural overtones, and an ending for those who still believe there is hope.
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