Prophecy
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 15, 1979 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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NewsweekDavid Ansen
The story is predictable, the science is dubious, the dialogue leaden and the acting indifferent. No matter. When Frankenheimer brings on his garish monster, it's as if the audience had never seen one before. Fear and tremblings shake the seats. [18 Jun 1979, p.54]
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
Prophecy is full of lingering lap-dissolves and elegant camera movements that suggest history is being made. Leonard Rosenman's soundtrack music is so grand it could be played at a coronation, and it's so loud that it pierces the ears and threatens the head. None of this fits the movie. Read full review
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Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Unfortunately, the film never integrates its eco-horror plot with the cardboard shocks, and the whole venture stops dead with the script's inane assumption that the heroine will put motherhood above all to nurse an ailing monster. Read full review
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Director John Frankenheimer has made a frightening monster movie that people could laugh at for generations to come, complete with your basic big scary thing, cardboard characters and a story so stupid it's irresistible. Read full review
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