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The Messengers (2007)

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott Director: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: DVD

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Actors: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, Evan Turner (III)
Directors: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Release Date: June 5, 2007
Run Time: 90 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (106 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000OVLBGM
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,356 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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Lithe and tomboyish Kristen Stewart (Panic Room, The Safety of Objects) anchors the derivative but potently atmospheric horror movie The Messengers. The story--a troubled family moves into one of those creepy farmhouses that scream "serial murder site" and find their lives disturbed by unearthly occurrences--is a puree of plot elements from The Sixth Sense, The Birds, The Amityville Horror, The Shining, the recent spate of Japanese horror remakes, and more. Despite this, the movie may get under your skin; between the bleached sunlight, the effective ambient sound, and scenes that linger unexpectedly on quiet suspense, The Messengers creates a vivid and unsettling mood. There are still plenty of the abrupt jolts that make teenager girls clutch their dates, but this artful creepiness--combined with Stewart's engaging presence--will have a longer effect. Also featuring Dylan McDermott (The Practice), Penelope Ann Miller (Carlito's Way), and John Corbett (Northern Exposure, Sex and the City). Directed by the Pang Brothers, the duo responsible for Hong Kong hits like The Eye and Infernal Affairs. --Bret Fetzer

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Desperate for a fresh start after a tough two years in Chicago, the Solomon family retreats to a desolate sunflower farm in North Dakota. But the calm of farm life is shattered when 16-year-old Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her 3-year-old brother Ben begin to see nightmarish apparitions throughout their new home – visions that nobody else can see. As the visions grow darker, they become fear-inspiring experiences and Jess’ parents (Dylan McDermott and Penelope Ann Miller) start to question their daughter’s sanity. Now, Jess must find a way to save her family and win

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3.0 out of 5 stars It was a'right, July 29, 2007

By	Lady Naava - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This PG-13 mess is what happens when you try to make a horror film for a general audience. Basically what its about, is a small family who moves to North Dakota to start over. They move into a very creepy farmhouse (seriously a coat of paint would do wonders for the place), and the father sets about growing sunflowers. The father is attacked by crows and befriends a drifter who becomes a hired hand. Soon, the teen daughter begins to see ghosts, and the house's original occupants make their displeasure known.

It started off okay, but I'm a bit bored with 'the grudge-style' ghosties. The creepy little kid ghost crawls around the house got a bit boring.The teen girl is an unsympathetic young thing who we are supposed to feel sorry for, but quite simply don't. the handyman was the only interesting character.

One thing I dislike in modern horror films is how murderous the ghosts are. There was no reason for the ghosts to try to attack and kill anyone. They hadn't done anything. I just don't buy homicidal child ghosts when the children weren't homicidal in life. Meh. 3 stars. Average pg-13 fair. Nothing to see here, folks.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Atmospheric Horror Movie With A Real Creepy Vibe, March 16, 2007

By	Stephen B. O'Blenis (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews

Most people have probably heard of the idea that babies and young children can see and hear things that older people can't, or have lost the ability to. That a baby in a crib gurgling and laughing at the ceiling, for example, is actually talking to a spirit there. It's a fascinating premise, whose application to a horror movie is a stroke of genius.

In "The Messengers" a family moves into an old farmhouse where something very bad once happened. Only Ben, the little toddler of the family, can see the supernatural prescences in the house, and he appears more delighted with them than afraid. When his teenage sister Jess also starts encountering unusual occurences - this time of an apparantly non-benevolent nature - she also begins noticing Ben's unusual behavior as well and realizes that he too is experiencing something out of the ordinary; the hard part after that is getting anybody else to take her seriously. The movie utilizes much more atmosphere than action, and the cast has to carry off a lot the show by reacting to very subtle (Most of the time), slow-paced, occurences, in a way that makes it feel real and frightening. The actors and actresses were well picked for their parts, and Kristen Stewart as Jess and twins Evan and Theodore Turner as Ben, playing the characters who experience most of the strangeness in the movie's early, slower-going, parts, are especially impressive. All the production values necessary to make this kind of atmosphere work - the light and shadows, the subtle use of sounds, the camerawork, etc. - are all handled very well too.

In the last one third or so of the movie, as things start to speed up and secrets come to light, I guess you could say that there were too broad directions it could have gone in, that it had to choose from. Myself, I would have chosen the route the movie didn't take, but it handles the path it chooses so well that it avoids slumping into a letdown. (I am still curious, though, what it would have been like if they had gone that other way) It's worth noting that when it ended I was rather taken aback that it was over so quick. Its running time is something like 85 minutes, but it felt like it came it at under an hour - and that's even in light of the slowly building pace it maintained. It must have been doing something pretty right to make time fly like that (on the other hand, I've seen other movies of about the same length that seem to drag on for hours). "Messengers" could have actually been quite a bit longer without hurting itself one bit; and as good as the ending turned out to be it may have been even better if it had gone on that different turn, but there's no point in complaining with something this good. Highly, highly recommended for fans of "Dark Water", "The Eye", "Haunted", "The Sixth Sense", "Pan's Labyrinth" and other atmospheric horror movies. "Red Rover" is another, far less known, movie that also fits great in this vein that you might want to check out.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Um... Blah, March 6, 2007

By	Ashley Quinn "Ash" (IL United States) - See all my reviews

This movie is very blah. Okay, maybe it's not quite blah in the beginning, you may actually be somewhat thrilled, you may clutch your seat a little bit in the theater, your heart might pound, but once it comes down to it, you'll be disappointed. Most horror movies are like this today. Nothing's original in the horror genre anymore. What's good about this movie are the performances. I'll give it that. Plus that little boy is adorable. What's not to like when the mom asks, "What do they look like?" and he pulls his eyelids down? That's cute. Come on.

Here we have a family that moves into a super creepy house so they can live happily and plant sunflowers. The teenage daughter is a bit of a troublemaker, and it's revealed halfway in that she seriously screwed up at one point and is part of the reason they moved in the first place. The movie begins, however, with a different family being murdered by what appears to be shadowy, ghosty figures in the house the new family moves into. The girl keeps seeing things, and so does her little brother. No one else, apparently, notices these things, these scary creatures that crawl on the ceiling or lurk under the sheets. Then John Corbett comes and is all like Grizzly Adams and Mr. Handyman. He's important. Keep him in mind. So whatever happened to that family that used to live there? Why are the haunting her? Why can no one else see them? Is she nuts?

You'll see. That's all I say. No matter what I say, if you want to see this movie, you'll see it. And I say, go for it. It's not bad, but it's not great either. It's decent for a thrill, but short on character and relly short on the scare-factor at the end.

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3.0 out of 5 stars a delightful horror romp through the sunflower fields.....
i first saw "the messengers" several years ago...but my interest was renewed with the discovery of kristen steward's involvement.... Read more

Published 17 days ago by bittersweet

4.0 out of 5 stars The Crows Know The Evil That Awaits Those Who Enter The Farmhouse From Hell
"The Messengers" is an old-fashioned ghost story with great performances from a high caliber cast of stars. Read more

Published 21 days ago by J. B. Hoyos

5.0 out of 5 stars The Messengers
Great movie! I love scary movies and this movie did not scare me but I loved it anyways. Anyone who likes Horor moves will like it.

Published 1 month ago by Imma Dimeo

3.0 out of 5 stars The Shining meets Field of Dreams (well...sorta.)
My family who is always looking for acceptably good horror didn't like this much, as it was too much like the The Grudgeand Boogeyman (Special Edition). Read more

Published 1 month ago by G. E. Williams

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad movie
Let's be honest, this movie is a bit predictable and yes even cliche. Having said that I still enjoyed it; there are a couple of great "gotcha" moments and overall I thought it... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Glenda Hovey

4.0 out of 5 stars KRISTEN STEWART nails it again!
Kristen Stewart gives a really incredible performance. She's got some serious acting chops regardless of her youth. I believe she was 15-16 when she filmed this movie. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Jennifer B. Chung

2.0 out of 5 stars Full of cliche cheap shots
**Beware of spoilers, if you can call cliches spoiler**

Disturbed family, moves into a very obvious hounted house in the middle of nowhere, right. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Ugur Galatali

2.0 out of 5 stars It's a good waste of time
If you want a movie you can put on and ignore for the most part but not really miss anything, this is it! Read more

Published 5 months ago by C Wahlman

5.0 out of 5 stars The Messengers
I bought the movie for my daughter, which we both watched and liked a lot.

Published 6 months ago by Tina Dineen

3.0 out of 5 stars messengers
The movie Messengers was predictable, which made it not very scarey.You figure out the ending long before it ends and that ruins the movie. BP

Published 10 months ago by Rebecca L. Polen

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