The Messengers

PG-13 5.3
2007 1 hr 30 min Horror , Thriller , Mystery

When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.

  • Cast:
    Kristen Stewart , Dylan McDermott , Penelope Ann Miller , John Corbett , William B. Davis , Brent Briscoe , Jodelle Ferland

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Reviews

GamerTab
2007/02/02

That was an excellent one.

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Curapedi
2007/02/03

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Erica Derrick
2007/02/04

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Fleur
2007/02/05

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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Khask
2007/02/06

Ignore the bad reviewer its very entertaining movie if you looking for family horror movie

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adonis98-743-186503
2007/02/07

An ominous darkness invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family is torn apart by suspicion, mayhem and murder. The Messengers is kinda like The Grudge but only better it stars Kristen Stewart, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett and Dylan McDermott is it a perfect film? No there are flaws and maybe mostly the ending where a character is revealed as the villain but is it bad? Not at all it's pretty intense, the characters and the acting is pretty good and it's also pretty creepy for example if you liked End of Days from 1999 or other films like that then you will definitely enjoy this one as well and that's why i'll give it a 10 out of 10 at least it's better than half horror movies that come out today.

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clinton_ross
2007/02/08

I can only imagine that the sad and lonely fan-club members of Kristen Stewart must have executed a successful IMDb "Vote or Die" campaign to provide a break from doing their day-long "wrist exercises." But at least you won't need opposable thumbs to reap a climax here because this movie is stale, refried Follywood crap on a copper spoon. But if you liked "Drag Me to Hell" than this one might be your crowning glory. The impotent storyline hasn't the slightest hint of anything original while the scripting appropriately follows suit. As for the score, I couldn't really hear it over the sound of the lame harbingers of death we call crows. And unfortunately for our cute, bucktooth heroin the best "acting" seen in this movie is proffered by a toddler. His sometimes excessive "pointing" is not only utterly riveting drama at its best, but clearly deserving of, at the least, an Oscar nomination. You'll find more thrills and horror in My Big Fat Greek Wedding than the Messengers will provide-not to mention the humus, Tahini sauce, and a pseudo-original plot. This movie isn't a complete mess in respect to the cinematography, as there are some well planned and executed shots of a sunflower field. But still...flush first, ask questions later.

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Toronto85
2007/02/09

Desperate for a new beginning to their lives, the Soloman family move to a deserted area in North Dakota. The farmhouse that they move into holds some deadly secrets. The family who used to live there mysteriously disappeared one day five years prior. Sixteen year old Jess and her three year old brother begin to see things around the house, ghastly things. Unfortunately for Jess, her parents won't believe her. There is an interesting twist to it all as we discover who or what killed the family years ago. Will Jess and her family survive supernatural threats as well as human?The Messengers gives us two genre's in one. We see Jess deal with the forces from beyond the grave (the ghosts on the Rollins family who died there) as well as the one responsible for murdering the family five years prior. So it feels a lot like Amityville Horror meets Halloween. Unfortunately, The Messengers doesn't provide many scares at all. There are some creepy moments with the "ghosts" creeping up around the family, but nothing overly frightening. The identity of who killed the family was not shocking, it's pretty easy to guess it early on. Acting was good enough from Kristen Stewart (pre-Twilight days) and Penelope Ann Miller.The plot of 'The Messengers' sounds good enough, but at the core of it all is just an average horror movie. It's not very scary, there isn't much (if any) gore, and it doesn't succeed in keeping my interest for long. It felt like a PG-13 movie, which is what it was. I'm going to have to watch the sequel they made, which apparently is a prequel to this one. Hopefully it will be better.5/10

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