Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

"The Reaping" is a thriller for people who haven't seen many thrilling movies, meaning it exists merely to spook the easily-scared while utilizing one genre cliché after another (a priest receiving a dire warning, a storm blowing open a door, a child drawing a picture of a mysterious girl, the non-believer whose skepticism is finally shaken and, the biggest eye-roller of them all, the bachelor teacher and the single female professor finding common ground). The professor is played by Hilary Swank, whose fearlessness appears to stem from the fact she's now a spiritual non-believer after losing a child--she's not religious, therefore she goes where angels fear to tread. Her work at a university apparently takes a backseat to many globe-trotting adventures wherein she and her colleague investigate so-called miracles which are soon debunked with scientific fact. Despite two Oscar wins to her credit, nothing about Swank's performance here seems authentic. Whether addressing a lecture hall, interacting with the other characters or whirling around in surprise at a sudden noise (and this movie is very noisy), everything Swank does is canned, telegraphed for a response. There is absolutely no mystery about Swank's Katherine Winter: she is stubborn for effect, she is winsome for effect, she draws out her words for effect, she rattles off statistics to her colleague on a farm full of dying cows for effect. It's bad enough that the movie is supernatural-tinged swill, one using bloody river water and toads falling from the sky to frighten us to the marrow, but it doesn't even have the courage of its convictions. Colleague Ben (Idris Elba) ribs his boss for her lack of faith only to show us that there can be a professional balance between one who believes in God and one who doesn't--and when he kisses the crucifix around his neck upon entering a chapel, that signals us his fate will soon be in jeopardy. Writers Carey Hayes and Chad Hayes, working from Brian Rousso's original story, don't want the audience to miss a trick, laying everything out in maddeningly literal terms. This is End of The World 101...or rather, Plagues for Dummies. *1/2 from ****

I really liked this movie. I will give them 7 out of 10 stars. I don't know why Netflix give a 2 star out of 5. Similar to Stigmata (1999) movie and the Ninth gate. I was a little lame at the first 5 mins but then it got good.And don't forget Constantine (2005).

Fukkk you Movie and your religion mongrels... Hate it, for people out there don't watch this thing, it's really bad, what is it with Hollywood enabling ignorance and superstitions.. Don't watch it, don't have anything to say, this is bad these people make me sick. Just need to complete 5 lines.

Not a bad film. I like the way it forces you to think about morality as well as religious faith. Like the characters, we are not really certain about what is happening, what has happened and what will happen. They lay it on with a trowel a bit with the close-ups of the knife and the gun, but that forces us to think ahead. (All spoilers from here!!!) I did wonder how they were going to cope with the morality of a woman stabbing a child to death, so that forced me to chose one way or the other. Not unpredictable in the end, and the twist is let down by the fact that we do have a very good way of getting rid of unwanted pregnancies these days.