Rotten
The MessengersI/i> is textbook, and the course it's teaching is HSL: Horror as a Second Language.
Ty Burr, Dallas Morning News
The Messengers
There is evidence to suggest that children are highly susceptible to paranormal phenomena. They see what adults cannot. They believe what adults deny. And they are trying to warn us.
2007 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Danny Pang Phat
,
Oxide Pang Chun
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
12%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Many of the images feel over-familiar, and the shocks a mite too forced.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Rotten
No one says, "Gimme the bat, Wendy," or, "Here's Johnny!" But they come close.
Christy Lemire, Arizona Republic
Rotten
The well-amplified scares are so perfunctory as to be laughable. 'What's up with the crows?' bitches Kristen Stewart, clearly not up on her Hitchcock or any Asian thriller of the past ten years.
Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
Rotten
The Asian-horror-movie moment feels long since passed, both here and abroad. Let our zombies walk or even sprint again! Give our creepy kids back their pupils!
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
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