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Paul (Greg Kinnear) and Jessie Duncan (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) have barely begun the grieving process when Dr. Richard Wells (Robert De Niro) attends the funeral of the Duncans' eight-year-old son, Ada... read more read more...m (Cameron Bright), with a pressing question in tow. Head of the Godsend Fertility Clinic, Dr. Wells claims he can use Adam's rapidly dying cells to clone a replica of the boy, though the necessary DNA will only be viable for another 24 hours. The process in itself is completely illegal; not only must Jessie and Paul be forced to relocate, but they will also be forced to sever all ties with friends and family in order to ensure the secret remains so. Within the space of a day, the Duncans consider the legal and ethical implications of such a procedure, ultimately deciding that their love for Adam is enough to trump the law and any high-minded philosophical questions. After resettling in an idyllic town near Dr. Wells' clinic, Jessie is impregnated with the late Adam's living cells, while Paul is given a beautiful home and a more than suitable job. Shortly afterward, the new Adam -- seemingly identical to the original Adam in every way -- is born and lives a life quite similar to his predecessor until the morning of his eighth birthday. A series of night terrors is the first thing to disturb the Duncans' otherwise serene lifestyle. Adam's violent visions eventually mutate to ill temper, and an aura of menace permeates the aura of a boy who had otherwise been sweetness incarnate from the day of his birth. Eventually, Paul discovers that Dr. Wells is not a pediatrician, but a geneticist, and that their playing God may have been a Faustian bargain of epic proportions. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Nick Hamm

Release Date: December 1, 2003

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  • LoughnerWasLucid
    June 23, 2009
    LoughnerWasLucid
    holy craap ANOTHER SECRET WINDOW ENDING MOVIE??? man i guess i just forgot how many movies used that ending
  • bhobbs1985
    December 8, 2008
    bhobbs1985
    Human cloning is the topic, and it would of been a great movie had they kept it just as that. The movie itself had a great plot & start but the horror twist that they decided to throw in kind of ruined it....

    They could of played with a persons emotions and really made a good ... read moreflick without the cheesy special effects and crazy son killing a mother for no reason at all. Why would one be interested in cloning a kid who butchered his entire family knowing mental traits would be passed on as well? It does not make much sense after the first half...

    It's still an interesting show to watch and the concept is easy to grasp with some interesting food for thought. But it's not the best, and could of been much better.
  • harrycaul
    December 16, 2007
    harrycaul
    Further proof, if any were needed, that Robert De Niro will make any old tripe if the fee is right. This is an unbelievably awful, instantly forgettable paranormal chiller. The parents of a genetically cloned child spend the entire film trying to prove there's a malevolent kink i... read moren his DNA and then, when they find this to be true, they choose to ignore it! How's that for plotting? The kid isn't creepy enough to make an impact, and the film is so painfully dull it feels three times longer than it actually is.
  • 76Majikat
    September 12, 2007
    76Majikat
    A very original story about a controversial subject. Good performances all around with an almost eerie feel to the film.

    VERDICT: Definitely worth a watch, it's unlike any storyline I've ever seen
  • thmtsang
    August 18, 2007
    thmtsang
    Great cast. Thriller about a couple who lose their son in a car accident but are able to clone him and bring him back to life.
  • Deano78
    July 11, 2007
    Deano78
    A very average thriller with no real scares as a couple agree to raise a clone of their dead son. However is the new kid a pure copy? Hide and seek is a bit similar but much better.
  • garyX
    July 8, 2007
    garyX
    Grieving parents are offered the chance to "replace" their lost child by a genius geneticist, but once he reaches the age of his death, he is haunted by horrifying visions. A rather hokey supernatural chiller that is bolstered by the presence of Robert DeNiro, who is hardly stret... read moreched by his character, but suddenly bursts into life when confronted by Greg Kinnear towards the end of the film. This extremely promising scene comes to nothing though, as he then just disappears, and the film just, well, stops. Some of the scenes involving the boy are stylishly done in a kind of Omen-meets-The Dead Zone kind of way, but the film just peters out to a whimper at the end. A shame, because the build up was actually quite good.
  • purplemegan
    February 23, 2007
    purplemegan
    This movie had some of the dumbest special features ever. There was something like 5 alternative endings which were almost identical and so you had to watch all these scenes you'd already seen before to see what they had changed.
  • allan913
    January 22, 2007
    allan913
    A chilling and relentlessly shocking thriller. Original and gripping. It's The Omen for a new generation. Spellbinding, freightning and electrifying. One of the most thought provoking, spine-chilling and diabolocal suspense/horror films in a while. Robert De Niro is brilliant. Gr... read moreeg Knnear and Rebbeca Roman Stamos giver powerful performances.
  • michaelcorleone
    December 30, 2007
    michaelcorleone
    Godawful. How can somebody make a movie with Robert De Niro in it this poorly? Ludicrous screenplay and flimsy direction. One of the worst of 2004.

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Critic Reviews

J. R. Jones
January 5, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

As in most bad thrillers, the number of pointless shocks increases in direct proportion to the drama's decreasing vitality, like defibrilator paddles jolting a dying man. Full Review

David Edelstein
June 6, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate

A pea-brained hodgepodge of The Omen (1976), The Sixth Sense (1999), and about 30 Grade-Z Bela Lugosi mad-scientist movies. Full Review

Rex Reed
May 6, 2004
Rex Reed, New York Observer

Sometimes interesting but always predictable. Full Review

Mark Holcomb
May 4, 2004
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice

Working from the assumption that nobody remembers grade school science, let alone the last 30 years of horror movies, Nick Hamm's genre mishmash clumsily recasts The Omen as a cautionary tale featurin... Full Review

Richard Roeper
May 3, 2004
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Awful movie. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
April 30, 2004
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

A silly if sporadically jolting thriller. Full Review

Desson Thomson
April 30, 2004
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

Not just a bad thriller but also a thing of pain.

Joe Leydon
April 30, 2004
Joe Leydon, Variety

After a modestly promising set-up, pic devolves into a stale rehash of cliches and conventions left over from dozens of demon-child thrillers. Full Review

Peter Howell
April 30, 2004
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

The scariest thing about Nick Hamm's sci-fi thriller Godsend isn't the skulduggery about the origins of a devil child but the terrifying prospect that Robert De Niro has been replaced by an inferior c... Full Review

Mick LaSalle
April 30, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Godsend goes nowhere and takes the whole cast with it. Full Review

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