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Godsend

When a miracle becomes a nightmare, evil is born.

2004 · 1h 42m · PG-13 Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Nick Hamm

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Overview

A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.

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4%
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Rotten

As in most bad thrillers, the number of pointless shocks increases in direct proportion to the drama's decreasing vitality, like defibrilator paddles jolting a dying man.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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[Relies] on cheap shocks instead of honestly exploring how the parents of a dead child might feel about raising his clone.

Noel Murray, AV Club
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A pea-brained hodgepodge of The Omen (1976), The Sixth Sense (1999), and about 30 Grade-Z Bela Lugosi mad-scientist movies.

David Edelstein, Slate
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Sometimes interesting but always predictable.

Rex Reed, New York Observer
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Working from the assumption that nobody remembers grade school science, let alone the last 30 years of horror movies, Nick Hamm's genre mishmash clumsily recasts The Omen as a cautionary tale featuring a human incarnation of Dolly the sheep.

Mark Holcomb, Village Voice

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