With a touch of X Files, a smattering of The Omen and perhaps a little too much hokiness, it’s all agreeably daft fun.
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04/20/07
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The Reaping (2007)
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Reviews Counted:129
Fresh:11
Rotten:118
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: It may feature such accomplished actors as Hilary Swank and Stephen Rea, but The Reaping also boasts the apropos tagline "What hath God wrought?" It's schlocky, spiritually shallow, and scare-free.
Theatrical Release:2007
Box Office: $25,083,945
Synopsis: In this thriller from director Stephen Hopkins (LOST IN SPACE, UNDER SUSPICION), Oscar winner Hilary Swank is Katherine Winter, a college professor who refutes mysteries and so-called miracles with... [More]
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, AnnaSophia Robb, Idris Elba
Director: Stephen Hopkins
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04/20/07
The Reaping is frequently silly, occasionally cliched and slow to get going, but the acting is good and it rallies for an impressive climax.
04/19/07
I prophesy an early exodus from cinemas.
04/19/07
Even the finest of talents goes south now and then. That's what Hilary Swank does in "The Reaping"%u2026south to a mediocre movie set in Louisiana, in fact.
04/18/07
Makes The Omen look like a masterpiece of spiritual probing and cinematic integrity.
04/18/07
Swank maintains one's rapt attention but Stephen Hopkins's plague-a-thon is one grim reaper, reminiscent of the recent 'Skeleton Key with neither skeletons nor keys.
04/18/07
A Dark Castle de Silver e Zemeckis parece ser simplesmente incapaz de realizar um filme que não seja horrível; e este 'terror' estúpido é mais uma prova disso.
04/17/07
Let's just hope Hillary Swank remains too big to do a #2.
04/14/07
Chock-full of pointless backstory and convoluted flashbacks. The filmmakers intend to be mysterious, but it’s just murky.
04/14/07
Perhaps the best way to put it is that the cast and crew reap what they so-so.
04/14/07
If there is an instruction manual for supernatural horror films, the filmmakers of The Reaping have followed it to the letter. The result is derivative and predictable with little to recommend it beyond the star power of Hilary Swank
04/13/07
Swank, once more, does more for the movie than it does for her...
04/13/07
... attempt(s) to convince audiences that the real story is one of faith while at the same time handing out enough special effects to convince any (skeptic)...
04/13/07
Starting as an intriguing faith-themed thriller, this film quickly descends into gonzo nuttiness.
04/12/07
Stephen Hopkins, who directs every film as if it were a NASCAR vehicle gunning for the finish line, doesn't have much faith in the screenplay, since he orchestrates much of the picture with all the delicacy of a lumberjack in ballerina slippers.
04/11/07
The posters pose the question, 'What hath God wrought?' --and apparently answer themselves by having Hilary Swank's name placed beneath the question. Similar mirth follows.
04/11/07
The fact remains that audiences don’t seem particularly drawn to Swank in anything other than asexualized roles.
04/10/07
The Reaping is a bad movie, but it also achieves a level of preposterousness that is somewhat entertaining for all the wrong reasons.
04/10/07
Forget Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don't Cry, keeping a straight face here could be the greatest achievement of Swank's career
04/10/07
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