The Mothman Prophecies

(2002)



Todd Says:


4 STARS




The Mothman Prophecies is a wonderfully suspenseful look at some real life weird occurrences. This movie is based loosely on some real accounts by real people. Of course the truth gets stretched a little in making a script that is captivating enough to hold an audience's attention of two hours, but I think that we can live with that.




I'm usually not a big fan of Richard Gere, but he does an outstanding job here. The whole cast does as a matter of fact, especially Will Patton who plays a regular guy plagued by the bizarre. This movie definitely has that X-Files feel to it, and I mean the good X-Files feel from the earlier seasons (not the movies).



I would recommend this one to anyone who likes a good mystery, or if you're just hankering for a strange creepy story.

Alexis says:

4 STARS

This is one of those films that I have seen several times and always creeps me out even though I know what is going to happen (or at least thanks to my memory most of what is going to happen). The Mothman Prophecies is based on real accounts that occurred in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia between 1966 and 1967, though the film is set in the present. However, the movie is only very loosely based on anything that occurred during that time and most of the story is completely created for cinematic entertainment purposes.

The film teeters between drama and horror and in some ways loses it's focus. Is the film about the mothman, the loss of Gere's wife of Indrid Cole, or all three? Regardless of what genre it fits into it is a gripping film that you should definitely make time to see.