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The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008 1h 44m PG-13
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Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
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Directed By
Chris Carter
Written By
Chris Carter
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Frank Spotnitz
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Jenny Seinen
Studio
Ten Thirteen Productions
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Cast of The X Files: I Want to Believe
David Duchovny
Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Dana Scully
Amanda Peet
ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly
Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit
Agent Mosley Drummy
Mitch Pileggi
Walter Skinner
Callum Keith Rennie
2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley
Father Ybarra
Alex Diakun
Gaunt Man
Nicki Aycox
2nd Victim - Cheryl Cunningham
Fagin Woodcock
1st Abductor - Franz Tomczeszyn
Marco Niccoli
Christian Fearon
Carrie Ruscheinsky
Margaret Fearon
Spencer Maybee
Blair Fearon
Veronika Hadravá
Female Assistant
Denis Krasnogolov
Male Assistant
Patrick Keating
Slight Man
Stephen E. Miller
Feed Store Proprietor
Xantha Radley
Monica Bannan
Lorena Gale
On Screen Doctor
Donavon Stinson
Suited Man
Dion Johnstone
1st Cop
Sarah-Jane Redmond
Special Agent in Charge
Christina D'Alimonte
Doctor's Colleague
Vanesa Tomasino
Hallway Agent
Luvia Petersen
O.R. Nurse
Babs Chula
Surgeon
Marci T. House
Sheriff
Joseph Patrick Finn
Whispering Priest
Beth Siegler
Anesthesiologist
Stacee Copeland
Doctor
Tom Charron
Sheriff Horton
Brent C.S. O'Connor
Tow Truck Driver
Dave Cote
D-Man
Chris Carter
Man sitting in hospital hallway
Paul Mitton
FBI Agent
Vanessa Morley
Female Hallway Agent
Michael Stevens
Board Room Doctor
Lynne Burnett
Murder Victim (uncredited)
Celeste Insell
Board Room Doctor (uncredited)
Teana-Marie Smith
Nurse (uncredited)
Roger Horchow
Elderly Gent
The X Files: I Want to Believe Reviews
USA Today
Claudia Puig
There may be no going back, as much as we might want to believe otherwise.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
In the end it's all about these very full and rewarding lead characters.
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
The film's best scene is when Scully announces she'll perform a stem cell transplant that afternoon and immediately rushes to Google it.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
In not knowing who it needs to please, I Want to Believe pleases no one.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Only a fan would be inclined to tolerate this dunderheaded mystery.
New York Press
Eric Kohn
X-Files: I Want to Believe is not a good movie, but its flaws are revealing. Carter's intention of injecting topicality into the movie only testifies to his desperation.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
The movie gets into some pretty freaky territory in the third act, but for this casual fan of the series, it's a strong effort featuring some great characters.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Carter doesn't try to meet or exceed fans' expectations so much as create an intimately scaled dramatic universe for his fiercely beloved characters, Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, to inhabit, circa 2008.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Rather than providing a springboard to a movie franchise, this film puts the final nail in The X-Files' coffin. Mulder and Scully can now fade into pop culture history.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The X-Files: I Want to Believe is atmospheric and moves briskly, but it's basically TV writ large.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The truth is, indeed, still out there. And when Carter finds it, may he heed its wisdom: Let go.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
David Duchovny's Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson's Dana Scully are still chastely in love, the world is as dark and doomy as ever, and Billy Connolly, as a scurvy priest who may or may not be a visionary, steals the acting honors.
Los Angeles Times
Jan Stuart
By the time Carter and co-writer Frank Spotnitz throw in cartoon Russian villains and a risible plot point involving same-sex marriage, it's hard to figure where they, or their movie, is coming from.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Was this stuff always this bad? Or is this simply the fabled 'worst episode ever?'
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
Firmly places the nail in this franchise's coffin. I know what I don't want - a third X-Files film.
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
The writers know these characters -- the believer seeking the truth no matter how outlandish; the religious skeptic with her own rock-hard belief in science -- and the actors step into their roles without missing a beat.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
While the chemistry between the stars is as palpable and stirring as ever, there is an inert laziness to Carter and Frank Spotnitz's script bordering on the inexcusable.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
The truth is, they're boring now.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Most important, we get to see two gifted actors passionately revisit the roles that may forever define them.
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