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The Fourth Kind

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The Fourth Kind (2009)

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Reviews Counted:95

Fresh:17

Rotten:78

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: While it boasts a handful of shocks, The Fourth Kind is hokey and clumsy and makes its close encounters seem eerily mundane.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violent/disturbing images, some terror, thematic elements and brief sexuality.

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Nov 6, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $25,360,255

Synopsis: The Alaskan town in this thriller from Olatunde Osunsanmi (THE CAVERN) might seem like any other small northern city at first glance. But over the last four decades, people have been disappearing,... The Alaskan town in this thriller from Olatunde Osunsanmi (THE CAVERN) might seem like any other small northern city at first glance. But over the last four decades, people have been disappearing, and a government conspiracy might be at the root of the trouble. THE 4TH KIND stars Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, and Will Patton. [More]

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeen Kae Kazim

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeen Kae Kazim

Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi

Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Screenwriter: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Story: Olatunde Osunsanmi, Terry Lee Robbins
Producer: Paul Brooks, Joe Carnahan, Terry Lee Robbins
Composer: Atli Orvarsson
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Frankly, this movie is quite scary when it's viewed with the idea that this is the film version of creepy disappearances that are really happening in Nome, Alaska. When it's not that, it's almost laughable.

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Weekly | comment Comment
11/21/09
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Sci-Fi Weekly

Where is Fox Mulder when you need him?

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment 2 Comments
11/19/09
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

The "The Fourth Kind" poses as another successful documentary on the hot trail of "Paranormal Activity". Too bad this film is missing many ingredients to make it a blockbuster success.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
11/18/09
Jolene Mendez
Jolene Mendez
Entertainment Spectrum

He apparently thinks white owls are a lot scarier than they are. (I mean, I guess because their heads swivel around, you can't sneak up on them from behind. But when would you need to sneak up on an owl?)

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment 1 Comment
11/13/09
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Purporting to be a true story of alien abduction, in reality it's a clumsy attempt to update the hoax technique Orson Welles perfected seven decades ago.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
11/13/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

... a sophisticated hoax ...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
11/12/09
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

The first line in The Fourth Kind has Milla Jovovich calling herself an 'actress,' so we know right away the film is lying.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment 1 Comment
11/12/09
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/12/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Has out-Blair Witch'd The Blair Witch Project.

Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | comment Comment
11/11/09
Tricia Olszewski
Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper

(Director) Olatunde Osunsanmi, his cast and crew work so hard to make it all seem so real that you spend more time debating with yourself whether what you are watching is truth or fiction ...

Full Review Source: Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) | comment Comment
11/11/09
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

...even if "The Fourth Kind" came out ten years ago it still wouldn't stand up to overrated "Blair Witch Project."

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
11/11/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Unfortunately, none of the subsequent noise is all that scary, and the striving for Paranormal Activity’s buzz is shameless.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
11/11/09
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

"What you decide is up to you," Jovovich permits us at the end, reducing cinema to an Unsolved Mysteries episode.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment 2 Comments
11/09/09
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

[A] dull, clumsy little movie.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment 6 Comments
11/09/09
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
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No, no, no, no.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment 6 Comments
11/09/09
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
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proves that a horror film doesn't need splashy digital effects or pyrotechnics to be effective

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment 4 Comments
11/08/09
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

The film doesn't deliver any frights or creepiness. The so-called shocking parts are revealed in the trailer. The rest feels as if moments have been stitched together to make a whole.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment 1 Comment
11/08/09
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

The release date is not the fault of the movie.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment 4 Comments
11/07/09
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Part disturbing documentary, part straight-ahead movie-making, The Fourth Kind is difficult to watch, difficult to understand and difficult to recommend.

Full Review Source: Tri-City Herald | comment 2 Comments
11/07/09
Gary Wolcott
Gary Wolcott
Tri-City Herald

Truth is stranger than fiction, and The Fourth Kind is neither strange nor fictional. It's just plain silly.

Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | comment Comment
11/06/09
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
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November 12, 2009: Universal Settles Fourth Kind Lawsuit Opens in new window
Saying the movie undermines their credibility as news organizations, a handful of Alaskan newspapers have taken Universal to court over "The Fourth Kind" -- and come away with a... More...

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