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The Prodigy
Directed by
Nicholas McCarthy
R
2019
1h 32m
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5.9
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A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
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Cast of The Prodigy
Taylor Schilling
Sarah Blume
Jackson Robert Scott
Miles Blume
Colm Feore
Arthur Jacobson
Brittany Allen
Margaret St. James
Peter Mooney
John Blume
Oluniké Adeliyi
Rebecca
Elisa Moolecherry
Zoe
Paula Boudreau
Dr. Elaine Strasser
Paul Fauteux
Edward Scarka
David Kohlsmith
Miles (5 Years Old)
Ashley Black
Hailey
Martha Girvin
Miles' Foster Mom
Andrew MacDonald
Miles (8 Years Old)
Alexander Campos
Miles (2 Years Old)
Chris Scian
Christopher
Ava Augustin
Penmark Student
Olivia Croft
CPS Officer
Mark Sparks
Lead Officer
Michael Dyson
Farmer
Brock Johnson
Pawn Shop Owner
Grace Armas
Exam Room Nurse
Milton Barnes
Intensive Care Doctor
Jim Annan
Buchanan Teacher
Tristan Vasquez
Dash
Byron Abalos
Penmark Instructor
Martin Roach
Dr. Kagan
Janet Land
Sarah's Mother
Nicholas McCarthy
Penmark supervisor
The Prodigy Ratings & Reviews
Ryezoo
February 14, 2025
Why was this rated R? They totally didn’t take advantage of that rating. Anyways this had potential to be really good. The acting from the main child and actress is great. With the kid especially doing a great job being creepy/scared. I’m on board with the hook in this movie but a lot of things go unanswered. I also thought that the film continuously did a solid job creating tension but was really lite on scares. It’s a decent watch, but nothing mind blowing or you haven’t seen before.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
McCarthy's direction is so sleepy that a number of key scenes fizzle out before they can pay off with the next big jump scare.
Washington Post
Alan Zilberman
[McCarthy] a filmmaker who recognizes that the buildup is more fun than the payoff, and he manages to generate suspense with seemingly little happening on the screen.
New York Post
Rob Bailey-Millado
The latest in a long, increasingly lousy line of bloodthirsty kid movies...
IndieWire
Kate Erbland
"The Prodigy" could stand to stretch its R-rating to even ickier ends, but its psychological surprises are the ones that really stick.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
The filmmakers figure out how to make a creepy kid chilling again, then stop short, closing the case too early.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
A fine little horror-chiller that puts a twist on the usual bad-seed story.
Austin Chronicle
Matthew Monagle
So while it may not reinvent the wheel, it will give you a nice jump or two for the price of a Sunday matinee.
Slant Magazine
Henry Stewart
The filmmakers fail to realize that the darkest horror here doesn't lie in the triumph of true evil, but in seeing how far a regular family will go to protect itself before doing the right and necessary thing.
ChrisStuckmann.com
Chris Stuckmann
The emotion wasn't quite as earned as it should've been...but, for the majority of the run-time, I was impressed with the craftsmanship on display.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Claudia Puig
There are a couple moments when it works... [but] I would say go back and watch The Omen or The Bad Seed [instead].
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
The film is cruelly well-made.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
The movie's occasional chills do little to obscure the thin plotting, problematic pacing and a central mystery that's left aggravatingly vague.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
[A] tense and gripping, persuasively acted horror-thriller that evokes such evil-child flicks as "The Omen," "The Exorcist," "The Bad Seed" and "The Good Son," while carving its own pulse-pounding, if inherently far-fetched niche in the process.
Variety
Courtney Howard
While it lacks gripping, nail-biting tension, the unnerving horror that underscores the family drama brings it to life.
The Hollywood Reporter
Justin Lowe
Struggling throughout with issues of structure and pacing, Nicholas McCarthy's horror feature threatens to debase standards for the genre to levels that even undiscriminating thrillseekers seem likely to reject.
TheWrap
William Bibbiani
Tips its hand so early, and provides so very few twists, that the film quickly runs out of material.
Collider
Jason Barr
The Prodigy shows flickers of something better, moments of adrenaline-fueled thrills and unconventional jolts, but ultimately they're lost in an over-familiar plot.
Daily Grindhouse
Rob Dean
THE PRODIGY...[has] some good performances, and a few well-done spooky moments, but mostly it's a composite of clichéd dialogue, lazy plot contrivances, and a lack of any emotional center.
Denton Record-Chronicle
Preston Barta
It's a bone-chilling blast of a horror film that wakes up the normally sleepy first quarter of the year.
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