Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

goddess_michirutenou Overall, I have grown to love this movie for the Mulder/Scully romance. There is a lot of overall character growth. Mulder and Scully have been through quite a lot over the years and they are understandably more weathered and weary when we see them in this film. There are a lot of inconsistencies...I'm looking at you Chris Charter. When the FBI approaches Scully, she's resistant and standoff-ish...understandably so. However, when she delivers the message to Mulder...in hopes helping the FBI will relieve him of his recluse-like state, she delivers the message very insistently. Mulder was reluctant to accept, but he did. Now here's where it got weird. About halfway through, Scully wants Mulder to stop helping the FBI once she sees how deeply involved he is. Huh?! We see them argue and interact more like a married couple...I mean they have been living as such for the past 6 years. I don't understand how Scully became a brain surgeon in such a short time since we last saw them. Even if she did complete her residency and such. And from forensic pathology to pediatrics is quite a stretch, but I guess it makes sense since saving sick children might be her way of dealing with her own past. As usual, at the end of the movie, despite stepping back, Scully saves Mulder's arse. I love how there is more character development between them and they reconcile at the end. It's good monster of the week story, but underwhelming theatrically. My husband commented that it felt more like an episode of CSI with X- Files characters. I know it was shot in snowy Vancouver, but it didn't play out well for a summer release---and against the Dark Knight no less. I'm glad this movie overall was the way it was though---it led to season 10!

tina-37498 I love X Files. Watched the series and first movie and the writing was spectacular! But, this movie in 2008, X Files, I Want to Believe, was a huge disappointment! First of all, I could not believe Carter was behind writing this mess. Instead of pulling Scully and Mulder together in this film to play on their "connection" and "charisma" they always shared in the past, they pulled them apart, which made the movie fall flat. The writing was terrible. My husband, my daughter, and I all watched it together and hated the movie! What really bothered me was that the entire movie was plotted around a Catholic Priest and his psychic abilities despite the fact he was a known pedophile of small boys! The writers make this sick priest out to be the hero, not Mulder or Scully. (Truly, they should have just left Mulder out of the entire picture. He was useless in the part). After the priest provides some visions that lead to the whereabouts of the killers, Mulder wants to clear the priest's name so everyone knows he is a hero. Excuse me?! What about the small boys he molested? They can be forgotten because the priest sees some visions? It was almost as though the writers were softening the subject of pedophilia and excusing the crime as just another "sin." Molesting children is not excusable. Makes me wonder about those Hollywood writers.

Eddie Cantillo The X-Files: I want To Believe (2008) Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, and Alvin "Xzbit" Joner Directed By: Chris Carter Review To Find The Truth You Must Believe O my god, I don't understand why fans of the show don't like this movie because I love it! Most fans of the show don't like this movie because it wasn't about aliens. And for them I have one question, who gives a crap! The show was never about aliens it was about the paranormal in general hell we didn't even see an alien until like what season four or even the first movie, plus it mostly centered on Mulder and Scully's relationship investigating the paranormal. The film is about our two agents Mulder and Scully being called for help on the FBI for a case with a series of unexplained murders with a man who is having visions. Scully is being tested with both her faith in God and science because of this man as she tries to save a boy she is nursing and save Mulder. The film does have a plot that is very interesting, because it keeps you shrouded in mystery and you never what's coming until the end. I would also like to point that it was half of the time Scully who needed the saving throughout most of the show and in the last movie. I won't spoil the ending but it's a great send off to the case. The cast and the performances from this movie were utterly good and ing our famous agents we love so much were cast Amanda Peet, Alvin "Xzbit" Joner and Billy Connolly who I found too be good as well, especially Billy and Amanda they stood out most when it came to new characters. The movie is more in tone with the "Monster of the Week" episodes from the series and those were always my favorite. One about a man who could control electrical items, fire, a kid who made his fears come to life and my favorite a fast food clerk who was an ancient creature eating brains. A big question is answered for both Mulder and Scully in this movie do they believe or do they just want to believe? I was introduced to The X-Files by a good review for this movie and when I found the show on Netflix and the chronological order of the movies and where they came in between the shows I watched it all just to get to here and it's been a blast. And I have grown to love all the characters from the series. Nothing more for me to say to say can't for the mini series, hope after that they make a third movie and screw the haters of this movie because I'm giving The X-Files: I Want To Believe a five out of five.

housecountrywife First off, I wasn't aware that there were TWO X-files films, I found this DVD in a clearance section at half price books, i didn't look at it very closely obviously to see it was the 2008 film, but had I known anyways, I still would of bought it, so here goes the review;AWFUL. There's no spoilers of scenes or plot in this review, but i felt I would say that it contains spoilers anyways since there are some features of the film that need to be explained.To start, I read the budget and couldn't believe my eyes. This is a joke, not X-files. It's directed at the shallow, stupid American audience that Hollywood has relied on for so long, so if you have a brain, you won't like it. The film was obviously directed at the families of America, and it's themes, plot and dialogue are predictable and often seen on teenage TV shows at best, this movie was made for a theatre release and $$, not to please any X-Files fans.Let me give you the idea of the film; it's more about the relationship of Scully and Mulder, than X-Files. It mostly consists of Mulder begging his mom Scully to let him go out and play (investigate a series of murders), whereas in all of this bloodshed and horror, Scully is more concerned about the rotting state of their marriage. No back story on the killers, no big tasty treat at the end of this sh*t film to make the long, agonizing watch worth it, I feel it was a big scam the whole time. Duchovony is rushing through his lines, visibly bored, and aware of how bad the film is-- but still there because there is a paycheck. Anderson actually does a well job of acting, but her lines and role in the film is written quite badly, so it does her and the film no good. To top it off, some of the story revolves around a character who was a priest and convicted pedophile, though there is nothing in the film that explains the situations pertaining to that, either. It almost seems like the movie is trying to brainwash people into accepting pedophiles and forgiving them. Well, I do not forgive X-Files or Chris Carter, and I hope you do not make the same mistake I have by watching this 36 million dollar piece of trash.