A mindless, heartless waste of time

Rating: 1/10 (26 November 2010)

"Knowing" begins quite promisingly (despite very overt and simplistic introductions to the main characters and their emotional history that already didn't bode well for the rest of the story), and the one good thing that can be said about it is it has very well crafted special effects. But it goes downhill really, really fast, with wooden acting, a flawed story, and shallow characters with unbelievable turns in their basic beliefs and premises. This movie has a lasting place in my mind as one of the most lovelessly made movies I've ever seen, and any good that it may cause by provoking deeper questions in some of its viewers, it poisons by a naive, shallow, and heartless depiction of religious mythology fit to destroy any notion of joy or happiness. This movie is the first one that made me want to log on to IMDb to post a review.