cricketbat
The Messengers is fairly ridiculous. The characters, plot and "twists" all seem familiar because we've seen them before a dozen times. The movie relies solely on sudden noises and movements to scare the audience. Even the ghosts are not much more than blurry, bad CGI. Not really worth watching.
adonis98-743-186503
An ominous darkness invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family is torn apart by suspicion, mayhem and murder. The Messengers is kinda like The Grudge but only better it stars Kristen Stewart, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett and Dylan McDermott is it a perfect film? No there are flaws and maybe mostly the ending where a character is revealed as the villain but is it bad? Not at all it's pretty intense, the characters and the acting is pretty good and it's also pretty creepy for example if you liked End of Days from 1999 or other films like that then you will definitely enjoy this one as well and that's why i'll give it a 10 out of 10 at least it's better than half horror movies that come out today.
A M
Just watched this on TV (didn't spend $20+ at the theater like many of the other reviewers). First, I must admit to being a real lightweight when it comes to scary movies! If the genre is listed as "horror", I do NOT watch it (but I do like a good "thriller", which is what my listings called "The Messengers"). Therefore, I am not extremely jaded on this subject -- which, in my opinion, the previous reviewers are! That being said, I thought this was a pretty good movie and plenty scary. I "jumped" a LOT of times and also actually felt my spine tingle and the hairs on the back of my neck rise quite a lot of times.Flaws do pretty much abound in the plot and directing, but I thought the acting was top-notch and I had no complaints about the cinematography. I never saw any "mics" in the picture, either!
BA_Harrison
I tried hard not to let my aversion to Kristen Stewart influence my opinion of The Messengers, honestly I did, but her whole demeanour is simply too irritating to ignore (my dislike is also not helped by the fact that the actress starred in those horrible Twilight flicks where the undead sparkle and fall in lurve!).Still, even if I didn't have issues with the star, I doubt I would have enjoyed this film very much: the script is a mess of clichés, plot holes and sheer stupidity (invite a straggle-haired, shotgun-toting drifter into your home at your own peril) and the treatment by directors Danny and Oxide Pang proves far from original, the pair merely replicating elements from a whole host of Asian supernatural horrors (including their own The Eye and The Eye 2).I'm sick and tired of creepy figures crawling awkwardly in the shadows; a horrible apparition gliding across a room no longer makes my skin crawl; mysterious stains appearing on walls are not scary; and a loud sound as something passes unexpectedly in front of the camera just annoys me. Oh, and I don't like Kristen Stewart. I think that just about covers it
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