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The Prodigy

2019

Nicholas McCarthy

Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Colm Feore ...

5.4

3,312

Horror. Thriller A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

	Author	Review
United States	Courtney Howard Variety	"While it lacks gripping, nail-biting tension, the unnerving horror that underscores the family drama brings it to life."	NEU
United States	Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter	"Not exactly prodigious (...) [Its] cardinal sin isn’t so much that it’s unoriginal as that it’s so uninvolving it almost assures attention deficit will set in early"	NEG
United States	William Bibbiani The Wrap	"Tips its hand so early, and provides so very few twists, that the film quickly runs out of material."	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] goes in some unexpected (and gruesome) directions (...) [It] is littered with jump scares, but most of them offer up shocking twists that land with genuine payoff"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The movie’s occasional chills do little to obscure the thin plotting, problematic pacing and a central mystery that’s left aggravatingly vague"	NEG
United States	Alan Zilberman The Washington Post	"McCarthy creates an involving scenario that leads to a shattering payoff (...) [McCarthy's] greatest asset here is his patience, followed by his evocative use of light, shadow and negative space (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"The filmmakers figure out how to make a creepy kid chilling again, then stop short, closing the case too early. In other words, they’ve got an underachiever on their hands."	NEG
United States	Joe Lipsett Bloody Disgusting	"It’s fine. It’s a little too obvious and straightforward, but for fans of the subgenre (...) it’ll do the trick. (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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