The X Files: I Want to Believe
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 25, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
22
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie works like thrillers used to work, before they were required to contain villains the size of buildings. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Billy Connolly, as a scurvy priest who may or may not be a visionary, steals the acting honors. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Knowing nothing about "X-Files" is no impediment to appreciating this for the well-acted, adult piece of work that it is. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Duchovny gives a nicely shaped performance here -- he still has the ability to suggest the boyish eagerness beneath Fox's blasé demeanor. But the movie really belongs to Anderson. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The Carter and Spotnitz's credit, such weighty concerns aren't the stuff of most mainstream genre movies. But they're also not sufficiently gripping to transform a middling thriller into something truly provocative or haunting. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
I Want to Believe provides a welcome reminder of what made Carter's franchise a pop-culture gem. Read full review
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