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The X-Files 2: I Want to Believe

2008

Chris Carter

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Adam Godley, Amanda Peet ...

4.7

7,762

Mystery. Sci-Fi. Drama. Thriller Mulder and Scully are back in the thrilling novelization of the summer 2008 blockbuster movie based on the classic X-Files TV show! When a group of women are abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia, the only clues to their disappearance are the grotesque human remains that begin to turn up in snow banks along the highway. With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest’s questionable “visions” send local police on a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"Director/franchise creator Chris Carter gives devoted fans plenty of small moments to swoon over, but the appeal should be limited beyond those fervent loyalists."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It is a little silly, but it's also a skillful thriller, giving us just enough cutaways to a sinister laboratory to keep us fascinated (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Baggy, draggy, oddly timed and strangely off the mark, (...) The new film, Mr. Carter’s debut as a feature director, adds even less [than the first “X-Files” movie], but it won’t hurt the show’s legacy, at least among die-hard fans"	NEU
United Kingdom	Catherine Shoard The Guardian	"[It] has the absent-minded feel of a TV special, so determinedly uncinematic you have to keep reminding yourself you can't go and put the kettle on (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Todd VanDerWerff AV Club	"When expanded—to its utter breaking point—to feature length, the story starts fraying all over the place"	NEG

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