A sloppy, second-rate entry in the catalog of standalone X-Files adventures.
CommentAug 30, 2009
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (The X Files 2) (2008)
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Reviews Counted:156
Fresh:49
Rotten:107
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: The chemistry between leads David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson do live up to The X-Files' televised legacy, but the roving plot and droning routines make it hard to identify just what we're meant to believe in.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 44 min.
Theatrical Release: Jul 24, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $20.8M
Synopsis: "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" takes the always-complicated relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in unexpected directions. Mulder... [More]
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly
Director: Chris Carter
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REVIEWS FOR THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (THE X FILES 2)
Leaves a trail of affecting impressions in its wake
Aug 26, 2009
It was darker and murkier, and I didn't enjoy spending time with the characters, as I had on Friday nights more than ten years ago.
Jan 15, 2009
A handful of TV series have moved from lengthy small screen runs to the big screen; few can match The X-Files in consistent quality and ability to engage its audience.
Jan 14, 2009
Only a fan would be inclined to tolerate this dunderheaded mystery.
Dec 9, 2008
Top CriticUnfortunately for this movie, television has evolved well past this degree of silliness and spoon feeding, leaving our beloved X-Files in the vault. I wanted to believe it would be fun movie, but this was definitely time spent.
Sep 8, 2008
X-Files: I Want to Believe %u2014 it's almost like a mantra that Chris Carter is trying to get the audience to hear. Say it enough times and they will believe. Well, that's not the case.
Aug 27, 2008
The X-Files 2: I Want to Believe isn't a groundbreaking film by any stretch %u2014 but that it challenges the viewer to consider certain moral imperatives in a season devoted to films revolving around explosions and fart jokes makes it a daring pie
Aug 17, 2008
If you are going to go back to the 90s for source material, it had better come juiced with some modern day action.
Aug 11, 2008
Carter has with The X-Files: I Want to Believe created a mediocre mystery that relies too frequently on coincidence and screenwriting convenience to elicit genuine interest, much less "belief" in its twists and turns.
Aug 8, 2008
There's a very strong spiritual underside to The X-Files: I Want to Believe. It gives the story a lot of emotional weight, while also making the creepy stuff that much more disturbing.
Aug 6, 2008
Mulder and Scully are finally back on the case, but after six years apart, they could use a little platitude adjustment.
Aug 2, 2008
It's like an especially gloomy episode of the series, stretched a bit too long. And we miss the ad breaks.
Aug 1, 2008
This is essentially just a bog-standard (if slightly gruesome) thriller, but it's a treat to see Anderson and Duchovny together again and fans of the show won't be disappointed.
Aug 1, 2008
The best thrillers dig deeper than this one does, as did the best of The X Files on TV before the series ran out of steam.
Aug 1, 2008
A plot dug out of the serial-killer deep freeze.
Aug 1, 2008
The movie works as a decent enough thriller, but lacks some of the X factor of the original series.
Aug 1, 2008
As the famous theme tune is whistled over the opening credits, listen carefully and you may hear the gentle chime of ringing tills as Mulder and Scully return for a pointless cash-in on the TV series.
Aug 1, 2008
It's lost its X-factor. I wanted to leave.
Aug 1, 2008
This is less a case of The X Files and more like The Y Bother Files. Dull, dull, dull. Avoid.
Aug 1, 2008
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