Godsend

The best that can be said about the film is that its naturalistic look and dark hues are occasionally intriguing, and its twist is fairly unpredictable, if far-fetched.

Unravels in a series of spooky dream sequences, dopey detective work, and a couple of richly hambone-ian De Niro soliloquies.

It's a thriller, a bad thriller, completely lacking in psychological or emotional truth.

The umpteenth recycled shocker about a mystical dark child with an aura of disaster.

The best that can be said about the film is that its naturalistic look and dark hues are occasionally intriguing, and its twist is fairly unpredictable, if far-fetched.

It's a thriller, a bad thriller, completely lacking in psychological or emotional truth.

The umpteenth recycled shocker about a mystical dark child with an aura of disaster.

Solid performances, handsome production values and a few genuinely creepy scenes are not enough to save Godsend.

Godsend is godawful.

The picture, which fails to achieve its ambitions or to fulfill our expectations, is ultimately worse than a violent piece of hack work, in which the director isn't interested in displaying his integrity -- or taste. You'd be better off downloading the trailer: a much more convincing piece of storytelling.