It's positioned as the start of a franchise, but I Am Number Four's familiar plot and unconvincing performances add up to one noisy, derivative, and ultimately forgettable sci-fi thriller. Read critic reviews
I Am Number Four
2011, Action/Sci-fi, 1h 50m
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John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) seems like an ordinary teenager, but he is an alien on the run from merciless enemies hunting him and the eight others like him. Always changing his identity and moving to different towns with his guardian, Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John has no real past and no true home. However, in the small Ohio town where he now lives, he discovers love, powerful new abilities, and a connection to others of his kind.
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Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Action|Brief Language|Intense Sequences of Violence)
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Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Mystery & thriller
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Original Language: English
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Director: D.J. Caruso
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Producer: Michael Bay
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Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Box Office (Gross USA): $55.1M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Walt Disney
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Somewhat interesting plot that could have been more fun than it actually was. Then again, I could look at Pettyfer and drool for hours on end. Good movie? M'eh. But I'd see it again.
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Tense from the beginning, the film seems to fizzle out halfway through.
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Where there were once nine hopes for an alien race, now there are only six, after the third(Greg Townley) is killed by the evil Mogadorians. As a result, number four(Alex Pettyfer) gets a new scar which is a signal for his wat...protector Henri(Timothy Olyphant) to relocate them from Florida to Ohio. Unlike every other single teenager in the history of the world, four, now under the name of John Smith, wants to go to high school which Henri reluctantly permits as long as he does not bring any unwanted attention to himself. That lasts all of five minutes before John protects Sam(Callan McAuliffe) from a bully which Sarah(Dianna Agron, surprisingly good) takes notice of. Bernie Kosar poster and cute dog notwithstanding, "I Am Number Four" is a mediocre and contrived science fiction variation on "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," replete with the beginnings of a Scooby Gang, but lacking much of its magic and heart, despite Marti Noxon being credited as one of the movie's writers. By comparison, the late lamented "The Fades" pulled it off with its original and weird mythology. Along these same lines, the movie could have definitely used more mystery than a pyrotechnic blonde(Teresa Palmer) on the loose. Even the whole teenagers finding themselves going from number to individual is pure "The Prisoner."(At least, Sarah is also included in this conversation.) Like Sam says, the classics are usually the best.
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I was very pleasantly surprised by this film. In this day and age, everything is trying to be the new teen driving force of fantasy fiction. Usually focussing on an outsider that belongs to a bizarre otherworldly group. We've done wizards, vampires, and now we have aliens. I Am Number Four sees Alex Pettyfer star as a boy that must run from location to location, along with his guardian Henri. They are being hunted as they are part of an alien race wiped out on their home planet by the Mogadorian. There are 9 special kids with different powers. 3 have already been killed. Pettyfer has all the key ingredients to be a leading man. He has looks and charm, and is able to carry enough emotion when he needs to. I Am Number Four is nothing new at all, but it does do everything well. Perhaps I was in the mood for something simple. You get your cliched high school characters, and their usual relationships. Pettyer falls fro the ex of the high school hero jock etc. Makes friends with the creepy conspiracy kid and so on. But I liked all these characters. The action was fantastic and I felt really involved. Gun battles, exciting foot chases, martial arts, and all of it filmed so you can tell precisely what is going on. It's one of those films that was exactly what I wanted at the time. I will certainly be reading the books after this.
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