The X Files: I Want to Believe

July. 25,2008      PG-13
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Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic hospital, and treating a boy named Christian who has Sandhoff disease, a terminal brain condition. FBI agent Drummy arrives to ask Scully’s help in locating Fox Mulder, the fugitive former head of the X-Files division, and says they will call off its manhunt for him if he will help investigate the disappearances of several women, including young FBI agent Monica Banan. Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

David Duchovny as  Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as  Dana Scully
Amanda Peet as  ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly as  Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit as  Agent Mosley Drummy
Mitch Pileggi as  Walter Skinner
Callum Keith Rennie as  2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley as  Father Ybarra
Alex Diakun as  Gaunt Man
Nicki Aycox as  2nd Victim - Cheryl Cunningham

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Reviews

PodBill
2008/07/25

Just what I expected

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Erica Derrick
2008/07/26

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

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Kimball
2008/07/27

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Staci Frederick
2008/07/28

Blistering performances.

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2karl-
2008/07/29

Scully and mulder re-team to unravel a bizarre case right out of the tv series . In a blink of an eye , amidst a bone chilling cold and an eerily deceptive calm. An FBI agent Monica Bannan is mysteriously abducted . But this is know ordinary kidnapping. And not only does the search for the missing woman ignite sparks between partners Mulder and Scully, it defies the boundaries of science, the supernatural and the terrifying spaces in between . Its good film on a low budget don't expect what we saw in the other x files film this is right up there with the shows . its a 7 out of 10 at 1hr 43mins its an x files fan movee

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goddess_michirutenou
2008/07/30

Overall, I have grown to love this movie for the Mulder/Scully romance. There is a lot of overall character growth. Mulder and Scully have been through quite a lot over the years and they are understandably more weathered and weary when we see them in this film. There are a lot of inconsistencies...I'm looking at you Chris Charter. When the FBI approaches Scully, she's resistant and standoff-ish...understandably so. However, when she delivers the message to Mulder...in hopes helping the FBI will relieve him of his recluse-like state, she delivers the message very insistently. Mulder was reluctant to accept, but he did. Now here's where it got weird. About halfway through, Scully wants Mulder to stop helping the FBI once she sees how deeply involved he is. Huh?! We see them argue and interact more like a married couple...I mean they have been living as such for the past 6 years. I don't understand how Scully became a brain surgeon in such a short time since we last saw them. Even if she did complete her residency and such. And from forensic pathology to pediatrics is quite a stretch, but I guess it makes sense since saving sick children might be her way of dealing with her own past. As usual, at the end of the movie, despite stepping back, Scully saves Mulder's arse. I love how there is more character development between them and they reconcile at the end. It's good monster of the week story, but underwhelming theatrically. My husband commented that it felt more like an episode of CSI with X- Files characters. I know it was shot in snowy Vancouver, but it didn't play out well for a summer release---and against the Dark Knight no less. I'm glad this movie overall was the way it was though---it led to season 10!

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LeonLouisRicci
2008/07/31

Chris Carter took a Big Chance with this Late Arrival. The second Big Screen Version of His Beloved TV Sensation. The Chance He took was not well received from most Fans and Critics.What the Movie amounts to is a Stand-Alone Horror Story. Its Major Motivation is Belief, not in the "Mulder" Definition, X-clusively, but the Belief in God and or Science, or in Scully's case, both. The whole Story Revolves around Belief. Belief in "Psychic" Abilities, the Belief in the God of the Bible, the Belief in Science.The Truth is that the X-Files does not Really Need to be a Movie. It Works just Fine as a TV-Show, an Ongoing Mythological Series that can Travel Down many Unseen Highways and X-plore the Unknown, the Unknowable, and the Uncanny that Results in as many Unanswered Questions as Answers.This Film is Dark. OK Dark is Decidedly X-Files. After all, Flashlights are more than a Prop for Mulder and Scully. It's not only Dark Visually but Cerebrally and Philosophically as well. What with Pedophile Priests and "Horror Show" Gruesomeness.The Acceptance and Appreciation for the Movie for Fans is Determined by a Detachment from X-Pectations. A Pre-Conceived Notion that the Film will Hit all the Buttons and Tap into the Show's most Enjoyable and Fanciful Format. The Outsider Agents who must "Fight the Future" and Uncover the Truth that will set us all Free.If the Viewer can Warm Up to this Movie's Cold depiction of more Down to Earth Terrors, where the Monsters are all too Human, it can be Intriguing and Mysterious, Terrifying and Thought Provoking. It's an Adult Movie that sans Action for Drama and offers Relationships with the Spiritual and Humanistic Concerns, as opposed to X-travagant CGI.

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Davis P
2008/08/01

The X files: I want to believe is a very interesting film to watch. It does feature a pretty good mystery, i will give it that. And the acting was good and enjoyable, of course David does well. The execution of the plot is pretty good, even though some scenes do drag a little bit. Some of the images in the film are rather disturbing, I'll just leave it at that, I don't want to give any spoilers away. This film could've been a good bit better I'm not going to lie about that. Even though it could've been better doesn't mean that it's completely not worth watching though. I would say that if you are or were a fan of the X Files television show, then you most likely will not be disappointed with X Files: I want to believe. The ending, when they finally come to a conclusion about the mystery at hand, is pretty well done and satisfying enough, at least it was for me. Overall I have to give this film a 6/10, the rating could've been higher, but some scenes did in fact drag, and the script could have been a little more developed.

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