The Unborn

  • 2009


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10 %
10 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 15
Negative reviews 70
Average Rating 1.8/5
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1.5
After an arresting opening, Goyers movie groans under the weight of themes it cant bear. Av Club
1.5
The premise, in principal, is decent it just hasnt been executed effectively. Den Of Geek
2.0
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa PG 13 Wide Release Date 01/09/09 performer Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman, Cam Gigandet, Megan Good director Dav .. EW
3.0
The Unborn is just a fair to good horror film, but considering how many horror films are outright awful, that puts it far above its peers. Common Sense Media
1.5
Before long, the connective tissue between scares starts to call attention to its own preposterousness. Variety
2.5
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1.0
Calling The Unborn a dull, plodding, exposition crammed slog through a twilight of barely maintained tedium is like calling Valkyrie a yawn.
3.0
Despite some massive flaws and a disappointing over reliance on jump scares, The Unborn is comfortably the best entry yet from Platinum Dunes, Michael ..
2.0
This movie was silly, but in a way that warms the heart of a hardened horror fan. Cinema Blend
1.0
Its as if the worst parts of every bad horror movie ever made were stitched together into a single turd and splattered in front of a camera. Cinema Blend
2.0
Sofi explains that when she and her own twin brother were in Auschwitz, a dybbuk the demon of Jewish folklore entered her brothers body. Ny Daily News
2.5
This results in dialogue that either sounds cribbed from a Mens Adventure pulper (The Nazis believed that twins could unravel the mysteries of the gen .. Village Voice
2.0
Its hard to tell if the filmmaker was shooting for scares or campy fun, but since I didnt find the film scary, credible, or interesting I at least fou .. Sover
1.3
This is where many a horror movie falls and never again rises: too much exposition. ReelViews
3.1
It has a few really interesting ideas in it and a few good, old fashioned scares (and very little camera shaking), but I wish that Goyer had given has .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
This exuberantly creepy mash up of Jewish folklore, J horror atmospherics, and demonic possession boilerplate might have fared better with critics had .. Chicago Reader
2.0
Yustman, featured in revealing undies and a shower shot, will be bait for the fanboys and Oldman and Alexander should walk away unscathed, but The Unb ..
1.9
Bodies flail, glassy eyes flash and the demon hops from person to person till almost no one remains standing.For chuckles if not chills, The Unborn de .. Usa Today
2.5
But Goyer has smartly peppered the film with an eclectic cast that, at the very least, keeps things interesting. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Here he has managed the impressive feat of combining every lifeless cliche from every Asian horror film imported in the last decade into one derivativ .. Eric Ds Nider
1.0
Much worse is right; writer director David S. Goyers script is a salad of creepshow cliches, full to overflowing with dont go in there cheap scares, j .. News Review
2.0
Thats particularly true when she starts having troubling nightmares and what initially appear to be hallucinations featuring a ghastly boy, Barto (ETH .. Screen It
2.0
The demonic possession plot thereafter breaks down in a tasteless swamp of Nazi experiments on twins, dogs with inverted heads and an exorcism led by .. Independent
1.5
In the end it feels dry and dull.Which isnt exactly what you want from a horror movie. Shadows On The Wall
1.0
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t .. Pop Matters
2.0
In addition, the movement of the dybbuk is never really explained and doesnt seem to make sense.It also has a shock ending that backfires slightly, be .. View London
2.5
Over 24,000 employees at 116 LI companies were polled on what makes their employers great. News Day
3.1
The Unborn is a baby sitter horror flick (its for and about them) with classic creep out elements that unite in a surprisingly engrossing story. New York Post
2.0
Goyer stages some efficient suspense sequences, but by the time the inevitable and admirably interdenominational exorcism rolls around, the film has s .. Film Journal International ..
2.5
Now, the dybbuk concept might have been an interesting, fresh twist to the horror genre. Mountain X
1.5
Its hilarious, and its sort of awesome, too, in that no they didnt kind of way...
1.0
Is this what the great mans post Baltimore cinema career is coming to Guardian
1.9
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the .. Q Network
0.0
The Unborn: Should have been strangled at birth Hollywood Producer from Hell Michael Bay has, in Friday The Thirteenth, already given us one abysmal h .. Daily Mail
1.0
UNBORN, THE SYNOPSIS: Casey Bell (Odette Yustman) hates her mother for having left her as a child.But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey ..
2.0
What I learned watching this movie, though, is that I should go with my gut instincts and hire a rabbi to perform an exorcism on me.Whats The Deal: As .. Movies
2.0
Casey (Odette Yustman) is suffering from dark dreams and ominous visions. Express
1.3
The story goes nowhere of interest while dealing with characters who would feel empty even in a Friday the 13th sequel .Genuine scares and suspense ar .. The Movie Boy
1.0
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2.0
Gary Oldman steals what there is to take from his scenes, but a nonsensical B movie like The Unborn is beneath is skills. Coles Mithey
1.9
After all, condoms are important, and maybe someday, if were lucky, theyll come up with ones strong enough that even bad movies like this one can be s .. Movie Freak
2.3
Any intelligence gets lost in an unsatisfying ending that doesnt justify the brain cells lost while getting there.
1.9
But the best that can be said for Goyers latest is that its competent. Groucho Reviews
2.0
The Unborn has a nice look to it, and if you take it as nothing more than a hodge podge of wacky dream sequences and creepy visions of a psycho child, .. 7M Pictures
0.5
If the films released during the traditional January dumping ground are going to be this bad, we should employ the nations best scientists to rearrang .. Boxoffice Magazine
2.0
Writer/director David S. Goyer, whose niche as a screenwriter is in adapting comic book tales, gets a few frightening images into the frame, but theyr .. E Online
1.5
The script tries hard to delve into the folklore of a dybbuk, and as it mixes this in with experiments on twins in concentration camps during WW2, the .. Film Ink
3.1
And what more could a horror fan ask for than a spook fest that feels pure in its intentions while taking full advantage of every opportunity to scare .. Movies Tv Guide
2.0
THE VERDICT A ham fisted horror movie that manages to put together deadly demonic possession, Nazi concentration camps and nasty wartime genetic exper .. Mirror
2.0
Unfortunately, on this occasion his ideas are far too muddled and insubstantial to make this an enjoyable movie. > What do you think of the movie Digital Spy
1.5
Despite some gruesome special effects, the telling of this story is so prosaic and predictable that genuine thrills are in very short supply. Abc
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
0.0
pacing that allows the audience to linger on every failing before being distracted by the subsequent one Killer Movie Reviews
2.0
Essentially Casey leisurely battling unknown forces of evil for 85 minutes, the film isnt comfortable playing the concept minimally and effectively.Go .. Brian Or Ndorf
1.5
The films story is not so much plagued by plot holes as it is constructed out of them, not unlike an especially lacy variety of Swiss cheese. Antagony & Ecstasy
1.3
Smoking hot heroine. Clever paranormal premise. Painfully clueless conclusion. Movie Crypt
0.0
Blindspottings cleverness only outdone by the casts chemistry The film takes on some of the most explosive issues in America right nowall while making .. Straight
1.0
Yes, Goyer has the nerve to use the holocaust as a storytelling device in a generic horror movie. Hollywood Chicago
2.0
Dark Knight writer and Blade Trinity director David S. Goyer forges a genuine jump a minute supernatural horror which manages to take in Kabbalah, coc .. Sky
2.0
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1.0
This weeks TLS October 12, 2018 Visions of modern India; the Odyssey in reception, translation and imagination; what German nationalism did to the ide .. Entertainment Times Online ..
1.0
Its actually closer to a horror spoof than an actual bona fide genre movie: youll laugh more than youll jump. The Shiz Nit
5.0
Kabbalah meets The Exorcist in this hotchpotch hokum of vengeful ghosts, killer children, crazy old psychic ladies and supernatural Nazi experimentati .. Metro
0.5
This is the kind of horror film that is scary if youve never seen another horror film before. Streaming Quickflix
2.0
Brazen in its borrowings and alternating between cynicism and silliness, this is a creatively barren effort that should have been stopped at conceptio .. Film4
3.0
Exactly what youd expect from the combination of its release date, genre, and MPAA rating Film Blather
1.0
The picture is such an embarrassment, Goyer has to be hoping that very few people will see it. M Tv
1.9
Tis the season of the Hollywood dumps which is too bad because I had harbored some small hope for this latest horror offering from David S. Goyer. Boston Phoenix
1.5
Not deep or all that visually imaginative Goyer never wavers from the usual slow build up to a sudden fright, and the ending is all fight and flight, .. Vue Weekly
1.0
The movies not very good, but there are ideas, good and bad, in its execution that are worth mulling over. Orlando Sentinel
1.9
Its full of cheap thrills that mostly consist of people popping up out of nowhere and dialogue comprised largely of theological gobbledygook. Critics Notebook
1.5
Im not sure if its the fault of the script or studio tampering, but The Unborns watered down approach to WWII makes Isla: She Wolf of the SS seem down .. Dread Central
1.5
A tepid mess of a film filled with half cooked notions of a new scary movie monster that fails utterly at any originality or actual frights. The Diva Review
3.1
Like some Stephen King rewrite of The Reader, this laughable but interesting movie traces its characters distress to the Holocaust: Never forget, beca .. Gomemphis
2.0
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1.0
The real life locations and well adorned sets are atmospheric, which adds a touch of weight to the overly extreme story.Plus in spite of little screen .. Horror
3.0
This is the last time Ill write a movie on a roll of Charmin Ultra, said Goyer. Movie Juice
3.0
The entire premise of The Unborn seems based on Boo! Gotcha moments, which are initially quite effective but soon wear out their welcome. Mania.com
2.5
I had nightmares about the trailers, which is unfortunate, because of a lot of films best scenes are contained there.
3.0
The Unborn is, like its main character, at war with itself. Neither side wins. Chud
0.5
...comes across like a Jewish version of The Exorcist, mixed with a touch of Rosemarys Baby by way of The Omen.
1.5
This stuff is scary in the same way that twelve random ingredients from your kitchen is soup. FEARnet
2.0
The Unborn is a story that should have remained untold and will be forgotten by the end of the weekend. BET.com
1.3
What The Unborn represents manages to be a thousand times more disturbing than anything Goyer captured with his pen or camera Bangit Out
3.0
If youre a fan of creepy kids, spooky effects and upside down headed dogs, The Unborn will be a fun, albeit flimsy, Friday night flick.
1.5
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1.0
Using the Holocaust as the basis for a horror movie is pretty distasteful, but what offended me the most about The Unborn is how sloppy it is. Giant Blackplanet
1.5
Some of the ideas here may seem original, if questionable, but the treatment by writer director David Goyer is strictly conventional, with the shock m .. The Australian
2.0
Zellwegers face looks stuck in a permanent wince. Oh wait, its the clunking script about a spike heeled career girl forced to move from Miami to Minne .. thelondonpaper
1.0
The Unborn is packed full of grisly images and effects, but its apparent attempts to be some kind of Jewish take on The Exorcist fail miserably.
3.0
Packed with very scary moments and very disturbing images, this is not for the faint hearted that includes me.



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