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Cast

Renée Zellweger
as Emily Jenkins

Jodelle Ferland
as Lilith Sullivan

Ian McShane
as Det. Mike Barron

Bradley Cooper
as Doug Ames

Callum Keith Rennie
as Edward Sullivan

Adrian Lester
as Wayne

Kerry O'Malley
as Margaret Sullivan

Cynthia Stevenson
as Nancy

Alexander Conti
as Diego

Philip Cabrita
as Javier

Vanesa Tomasino
as Javier's Wife

Mary Black
as Custody Judge

Domenico D'Ambrosio
as Plainclothes Cop

Benita Ha
as Therapist

John Carroll
as Judge

Michael Bean
as Co-Worker

Lesley Ewan
as Co-Worker

David Patrick Green
as Chief Psychiatrist

Deejay Jackson
as Bus Driver

Taya Calicetto
as Young Emily

Alisen Down
as Emily's Mother

Darryl Quon
as Inmate

Suzanne Bastien
as Nurse

Jane Braithwaite
as Nurse

Fulvio Cecere
as Fire Marshall

Colin Lawrence
as Police Sergeant

Dagmar Midcap
as News Anchor

Fran Gebhard
as Coordinator

Bill Mondy
as Interviewer

Andrew Airlie
as Doctor

Sarah-Jane Redmond
as Barron's Wife

Charles Zuckermann
as Demon Person

Yvonne Valdez
as Mrs. Lynch

Paul Duchart
as Priest

Daniel Bacon
as Businessperson

Darren E. "Choo" Scott
as Young Cop

Darren E. Scott
as Young Cop

Dallas Blake
as Detention Center Cop

Phillip Mitchell
as Lead Guard

Bruce Fowler

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• Jun 03, 2016

  Was led to believe I could expect great things from Case 39. In my two experiences watching it, the first involved me falling asleep, and today (the second) had me checking my watch constantly. It's not even that long. It just drags. The Hell. On.
  

  Gimly M Super Reviewer
• Apr 26, 2015

  The strangely enticing opportunity to see comedic actress Renée Zellwegger as the stressed and confused foster parent of a contemporary Omen child cant save the disappointment that is met upon finishing the film. Unfortunately, Case 39 just isn't very memorable whatsoever. Alot of the scenes featured in the picture such as the repetetive circling on an office chair by the demonic child become quite grating and annoying. Whilst the film does have its fair share of genuinely intriguing twists and turns (the Hornets scene for example) and the performance by the young Jodelle Ferland is gripping enough to attain our attention throughout the duration, the film is generally a letdown.
  Harry W Super Reviewer
• May 19, 2013

  While a Zellweger fan (and she does well here) this story about innocent looking and acting DEMON CHILD! has been done before and better, and hoping and wishing for a new wrinkle here won't make it real. Ahh, well ... better luck next time.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• Jun 14, 2012

  Edward Sullivan: They say when you're born you're given your eternal soul. The part of you that lives on, lives again. Whatever evil she is,didn't come from us. It was already there. From the moment she came into being, she brought something with her. Something older, destructive. Soul of a demon.  "Some cases should never be opened." Not as terrible as I expected, but I expected the worst. Case 39 is still just recycled parts from better evil kid horror movies, like The Bad Seed and Orphan. It ends up playing like a more entertaining form of The Good Son. It also has a lot of things that just don't add up when examined closely, but that is the least of its problems. The biggest problem the film has is that its target audience is going to hate it and find it repetitive in the least. The target audience for this film are the people who enjoy the evil kid horror genre. And guess what; we've seen them all. So this isn't going to cut it. When you try to make a movie like this, you have to come up with something new, strange, and terrifying to add to the formula. If you can't, the result will be a failure, like Case 39. The sweetness of the little girl is played off terribly. I don't know if that is a result of her acting skills or bad writing. It may just be a combination of the two. To be honest though, the movie does have a decent start. It all goes downhill quickly though, because the writing is terrible and stuff just doesn't add up. Why would the little girl be afraid of telling the social workers about her situation because the father gives her a nasty look? She's the evil one. I know we aren't supposed to know that then, but damn have some foresight in your fucking script.  There is some entertainment value in the movies awfulness. I can say I was never bored by the movie. I can also say that a lot of the entertainment I got from it came from me laughing at the ridiculousness of some of the scenes. I could talk about everything I hated in the movie, but that would take all day. Let's just leave it by saying it's bad. Maybe if you have never seen another movie in the sub genre, you will find it intriguing; but if you have, I would suggest skipping it.
  Melvin W Super Reviewer

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