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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:43
Rotten:25
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Results may vary for newcomers, but fans of the series will enjoy its big-screen transition.
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: The stars of TV's THE X-FILES, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) make it to the big screen in this long-awaited extension of the hit television series. True to the premise of... [More]
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner
Director: Rob Bowman
I'm sure that fans of the show were satisfied, but others may find this movie uninvolving and its conspiracy theories juvenile. It's nothing more than a two-hour promotion for the television series that fails to resolve any of the conflicts it introduces.
Despite its complexity, it is fun to watch the story unfold.
... dumbed down and flattened out
An enigma wrapped in a conundrum sealed in a plain brown vapor-lock baggie that -- wonder of wonders! -- actually makes a fair amount of sense.
Excellent!
Only two scenes in this spin-off are worth the time of followers of the TV series.
Top CriticAs pure movie, The X-Files more or less works. As a story, it needs a sequel, a prequel, and Cliff Notes.
Top CriticThis is more than enough material for two hours of summer-movie fun, and The X-Files delivers said fun reasonably well.
The X-Files isn't likely to go down in history as as great sci-fi flick, but it harbors enough good fun to qualify as a jolt of sprightly, brainless summer entertainment.
By the end of the picture I was almost in a frenzy to see the television show, after experiencing this two-hour nostalgic thriller that manages to make use of the limitations the series brought on.
As a movie, it generates a good atmosphere and has a pair of good performances from the leads...and that's about it.
I had hoped that the limitations imposed by the small screen would be eliminated by a bigger budget, bigger scope, bigger medium. No such luck.
What UFO conspiracy movie would be complete without a scene of the heroes running through a cornfield with helicopters chasing them?
Chris Carter has succeeded so well in keeping the plot under wraps that even after you watch the imposing imagery, you leave the theater wondering who's conspiring against whom for what purpose.
Both Duchovny and Anderson are much better here, as they actually exhibit more personality and charm and less of the one-note mumbling that plagues their TV performances.
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Top CriticOne big, vaguely ominous blur, in which nothing really seems to be at stake except Chris Carter's future as a movie creator.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
Dark, funny, paranoid, arbitrary, humming with tamped-down eroticism and in love with all things weird: That's the good news.
Top CriticIt's refreshing to see Hollywood make a movie that isn't dumb, and that doesn't talk down to its audience.
November 18, 2008:
Frank Spotnitz Talks X-Files 3 
"X-Files" writer/producer Frank Spotnitz admits that the franchise's second installment didn't do as well as hoped, but he says another sequel isn't out of the question -- and... More...
August 01, 2008:
RT Interview: David Duchovny on The X-Files, Californication and Directing
It's been six years since we last saw Mulder and Scully together on screen, and with the release of The X-Files: Fight the Future, David Duchovny sits down to tell us what the... More...
June 23, 2008:
X-Files: I Want To Believe Sneak Peek
The clips were so revealing, viewers could gather the following: Scully and Mulder are in it, they're looking for something, and they disagree about how to go about it. The... More...
April 16, 2008:
X-Files Sequel Gets A Title!
The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files" movie title.
The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be called "The X-Files: I Want to... More...
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