NOT one of the best sci-fi films ever

Rating: 5/10 (30 March 2009)

This was an OK film so I give it 5 stars. Normally I guess you should give it 6 or 7 but it was OK and very twee at the end so 5.
It seems to be a few different film genres all with one thread. It looks a bit like a thriller in parts, has scenes that wouldn't be out of place in a horror, goes a bit of sci-fi and has a little of the old spookynatural time travel fantasy. In the end it's a religious myth in new clothes or at least clothes that have been taking to the dry cleaners. Whilst you could probably find that any number of our favourite films, characters are based on religious myths this particular one is extraordinarily heavy handed. So much so that you simple hand to question the motive behind the film. Is this a film or a party broadcast?
The acting was a bit boring throughout. The kid was good, Nicholas Cage was good in parts (mostly with the kid), the family and friends were all nondescript and dull.
Watchable but not enjoyable, Pretends to be interesting until it can safely start preaching. I have nothing against religious myths and even though I am atheist I think the stories can be pretty cool. This one wasn't.