Knowing Reviews

A damned entertaining movie despite the fact that it stars Nicholas Cage.

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A shotgun spray of metaphysics, cosmology, the Old Testament, flying saucers, angels, spooky blonde-haired men in black trench coats, mysterious little black rocks, two cute kids and a moose on fire.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Suffice it to say that the last third is a mélange of Close Encounters and Christian eschatology, and you'll wish the film had stopped about 15 minutes sooner.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

If those space-dudes are so friendly, why drive children insane with a bunch of weird code? Why not just show up on The Tonight Show and tell everybody the exact date and time? Lame! Also: Why fake Massachusetts? Why not just say: 'This is Australia.'

Knowing is about faith; the belief that one day the mysteries of the universe will be explained to us, and the knowledge that anything is possible.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

It's a folly and a failure, but an intriguing one - an ambitious vision from a tremendous filmmaker that, sadly, had too much going on with not enough to say.

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A slog through lazy writing, indifferent acting and blase direction with no hope of anything but chaotic violence as reward.

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A broad, leisurely jumble of Alfred Hitchcock-style suspense architecture and a dreary, paint-by-numbers Sci-Fi Channel Original, Knowing only seems to extract two reactions: nail-biting and eye-rolling.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

... starts off as director Alex Proyas's take on "Final Destination" before going all "Close Encounters" on us. If only we hadn't seen it all before.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.0/4.0

Basically two movies wrestling around in a burlap bag full of rocks: one an ambitious, big-idea sci-fi yarn, the other a horror movie as dumb as ... well, that's where those rocks come in.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Pay attention to Mr. Proyas' lighting and set design as well as the intense disaster sequences that dot Knowing: As with the rest of his oeuvre, the movie looks great.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

This year's prize for most ludicrous set-up and most ludicrous punchline

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Knowing feels like a bunch of cool ideas that were strewn about a table, picked up, shoved together, tied up with duct tape and, somehow, managed to stay working for the ride.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Knowing is a bit of a revelation. Against all odds, it's not actually half bad.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Even with its intriguing, sci-fi-ish setup Knowing finds a way of consistently striking all the wrong notes.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Excessive finale aside, its novel concept makes for a mental and action package worth seeing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Among the most troubling elements of 'Knowing' are its dark cinematography, outlandish plot, and a less-than-memorable performance by Nicolas Cage.

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Sometimes it's nice when movies do things you never saw coming. Knowing is an exception.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Knowing that 'Knowing' is not worth your money is probably your best bet in movies to not pay for this weekend.

Full Review | Original Score: D

Some producers sat in a screening room and thought, "Wow, this is gonna be great!" I give the filmmakers kudos for fully committing to an ending that others might have tried to mitigate or avert. They also fully committed to the immensely stupid surprise

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5