Film2008104 min

The X Files: I Want to Believe

Name: The X Files: I Want to Believe
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 2008
Duration: 104 min
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Xzibit

Taste attributes: dramamysteryscience fictionthrillerrobots/ai/spacehorrorcrimemafia/gangstermonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateenclosedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"To find the truth, you must believe."

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, original sci-fi film: dark and layered. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.7 /10

TMDB · 1,102 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic hospital, and treating a boy named Christian who has Sandhoff disease, a terminal brain condition. FBI agent Drummy arrives to ask Scully’s help in locating Fox Mulder, the fugitive former head of the X-Files division, and says they will call off its manhunt for him if he will help investigate the disappearances of several women, including young FBI agent Monica Banan. Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

Synopsis: TMDB