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The X-Files: I Want to Believe, 2008

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

English, Russian, Czech

USA, Canada

Rating:5.9
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Profile of The X-Files: I Want to Believe

The X-Files: I Want to Believe can be described as suspenseful, mind bending, and gloomy. The plot revolves around special agents, conspiracies, and a missing person. The main genres are thriller, sci-fi, and mystery. In terms of style, The X-Files: I Want to Believe involves twists and turns and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It is located in Virginia. The X-Files: I Want to Believe takes place in contemporary times. It is based on a TV series. Note that it involves violent content.

Summary of The X-Files: I Want to Believe

For the devoted viewers of THE X-FILES, there can be few things more exciting than hearing the familiar notes of Mark Snow's theme song at the beginning of THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE. This cinematic follow-up to the series picks up years after it ended, but the characters are still the same ones that audiences loved. Fans who followed the show religiously (and was there any other way to watch it?) won't be surprised to learn that Mulder (David Duchovny) is currently living in hiding, still researching the paranormal while he grows a shaggy beard. Meanwhile, Scully (Gillian Anderson) is working as a doctor at a Catholic hospital. When an F.B.I. agent goes missing, the bureau calls on the pair to return to their old work. The paranormal element of their case is found in Father Joe (Billy Connolly), a former priest who is having psychic visions and leading the team from the F.B.I. to evidence to help them solve their case. Mulder and Scully return to their roles of believer and skeptic as they join in the search.

Just as in the show, I WANT TO BELIEVE is a genre-bender that combines science fiction, horror, and thriller. In fact, the film seems like a two-part episode of the show--and that's meant as a compliment. Though six years have passed since the series' finale (and 10 since the first cinematic incarnation), the show's central elements are intact, especially the interaction between Mulder and Scully. For those who weren't fans of the show, I WANT TO BELIEVE offers chills similar to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and THE BONE COLLECTOR--but minus the gore. The show was always more about the unseen horrors, and the film works well as it follows its predecessor's lead.

Details

Language: English, Russian, Czech
Country: USA, Canada
Release date: 25 July 2008
Runtime: 104 min

Cast and Crew

David Duchovny as Fox Mulder in The X-Files: I Want to Believe
David Duchovny

as Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully in The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Gillian Anderson

as Dr. Dana Scully

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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Clips

The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: I Want to Believe: Official Trailer
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: I Want to Believe: Official Trailer

Critics Reviews

Salon.com
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.
Time
For the uninitiated, The X Files: I Want to Believe may seem as musty and forbidding as one of those dank secrets that Mulder and Scully were forever digging up from some backyard, or fetid swamp, or their own aching hearts.

Users Reviews

The movie was such a reminder that there are mediocre X-Files episodes. Though it was great to see these characters back again, I can honestly say that I was disappointed like a fat kid who dropped his honey bun in the mud puddle and the teacher I...
Think of your least favorite episode of your favorite show. This is what watching this movie was like for me. This does not live up to X-files awesome standards. However, it is still X-files. I would only suggest watching this if you love the...
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