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Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem ... see more see more... , Anton Yelchin , Kimberly Hawthorne , Jay O Sanders , Billy Burke , Michael Moriarty , Penelope Ann Miller , Anna Maria Horsford , Claire Riley , Jill Teed , Jonathan Walker , Raoul Ganeev , Ravil Issyanov , Samantha Ferris , Steve Makaj , Tom McBeath

Morgan Freeman returns as forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Cross in this thriller based on the novel by James Patterson (whose work also formed the basis of the hit Kiss the Girls). Gary Soneji (Michael... read more read more... Wincott) is a brilliant but remorseless psychopath who has landed a teaching position at an exclusive private school in Washington, D.C. Using his extensive knowledge of kidnapping (he's taught a class on Charles Lindbergh), Soneji abducts one of his students - Megan (Mika Boorem), whose father Hank Rose (Michael Moriarty) is a United States senator. Ollie MacArthur (Dylan Baker), the detective investigating the case, has strong words for Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter), the Secret Service agent who mistakenly let Megan slip through her fingers. But when the kidnapper contacts Dr. Cross, the psychologist is brought in on the case, and Cross seeks out Flannigan, who he believes might have a valuable insight into the case. Soon, Cross and Flannigan come to the terrible realization that this crime only represents the tip of the iceberg for the ruthless Soneji. Along Came a Spider also features Penelope Ann Miller, Jay O. Sanders, and Kim Hawthorne. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Lee Tamahori

Release Date: April 6, 2001

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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2001

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  • StarCrossedVoyager
    January 12, 2012
    StarCrossedVoyager
    Good acting from Freeman and Yelchin but that's pretty much the only good thing in this! Badly thought out film with a horribly predictive plot. Potter's performance was absolutely awful. Ending was plain and I did get the feeling that I was watching a sequel which I now know was... read more part of a book series. I don't know if the book was as bad as this but if it was, the producer needs to be fired.
  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    Not bad but not as good as Kiss the girls. The third film is going to be called Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. That?s not true by the way.
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    June 1, 2009
    LoughnerWasLucid
    BEST. VILLAIN. EVER.
  • thmtsang
    September 28, 2008
    thmtsang
    Good thriller with a good cast. A congressman's daughter is kidnapped for ransom. Interesting twist at the end.
  • 76Majikat
    February 28, 2008
    76Majikat
    A very watchable film, however, I do feel that Morgan Freeman takes on far too many of these type of roles when he's demonstrated much better acting skills in other films.
  • matthewecomer
    November 19, 2007
    matthewecomer
    Superbly decent.
  • Redlats
    September 4, 2007
    Redlats
    A spider's web is apropos to this movie. There are plot twists everywhere as Morgan Freeman and an FBI agent played by Monica Potter solve the kidnapping of a senator's daughter.
  • kiriyamakazou
    August 13, 2007
    kiriyamakazou
    Freeman attempts to recapture his career defining role from Se7en, while the audience attempts to stop laughing at the shockingly bad CGI at the beginning. Although smart and engaging at times the twists are so ridiculous they insult the rest of the film. Wincott and Potter are r... read moreather good, bringing Sinister and Naive performances to a fairly generic film.
  • deano
    August 5, 2007
    deano
    The story is fantastic, with forensic psychologist Alex Cross, from 1997's Kiss the Girls, who figures things out like magic and plot twists that are surprising only because they make sense.
  • Deano78
    May 21, 2007
    Deano78
    I love the twists in this crime thriller. Strong cast again, never tire of watching it.

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Peter Rainer
September 26, 2002
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

Even at half speed, Freeman excels: He knows how to whip out his badge at a crime scene and make it seem as if he had been doing it his whole life. Full Review

Liam Lacey
March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

There are popcorn movies, and then there are movies like this one, which, by its conclusion, make you want to toss your empty popcorn bag at the screen. Full Review

Susan Wloszczyna
April 6, 2001
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

Like a paperback plucked from a counter at an airport, Spider is an impulse buy of a film, a time killer that will neither tax your brain nor challenge your memory. Full Review

Peter Howell
April 6, 2001
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Gets tangled in its own web of absurdities. Full Review

Wesley Morris
April 6, 2001
Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle

Mindless. Full Review

Charles Taylor
April 6, 2001
Charles Taylor, Salon.com

A dreary, ludicrous thriller. Full Review

Joe Baltake
April 6, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

Freeman makes everyone look good. Full Review

Jay Boyar
April 6, 2001
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

Along Came a Spider is watchable, but that's about all.

John Anderson
April 6, 2001
John Anderson, Newsday

Thoroughly surprising and far from unsatisfactory. Full Review

Elvis Mitchell
April 6, 2001
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times

Impersonal, barely ept. Full Review

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