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11/08/2000 Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime 1h 47m
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Mankind's last hope just turned six.

Overview

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

  1. Chuck Russell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kim Basinger

    Maggie O'Connor

  2. Jimmy Smits

    Agent John Travis

  3. Rufus Sewell

    Eric Stark

  4. Ian Holm

    Reverend Grissom

  5. Angela Bettis

    Jenna

  6. Holliston Coleman

    Cody

  7. Christina Ricci

    Cheri Post

  8. Lumi Cavazos

    Sister Rosa

  9. Michael Gaston

    Det. Frank Bugatti

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2023-12-03
**_Inversion of "The Omen"_**

A little girl with awe-inspiring abilities is raised by her aunt, Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger), because her mother is a drug addict (Angela Bettis). The latter hooks up with a weird cult, led by the arrogant Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell), who wants the child for dubious purposes.

Released in 2000, "Bless the Child" is a thriller/horror that comes across as an inverted "The Omen" with elements of "End of Days." It has the same plot as the contemporaneous "The Calling," but is more sensical.

It's no low-budget production as it cost $40 million to make and was...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$40,000,000.00

Revenue
$40,443,010.00

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