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Godsend (2004)

PG-13  |   |  Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi  |  30 April 2004 (USA)
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A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned, under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.

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The 8-year-old Adam is killed in a traffic accident. His grieving parents agree to recreate him through experimental and illegal cloning, conducted by an ingenious but pushy geneticist. After eight happy years, a scary door opens between Adam II and someone from the past. Written by Stefan Back

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birthday | boy | doctor | cloning | clone | See All (38) »

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If someone you love was taken from you, how far would you go to bring him back from the dead? See more »


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Rated PG-13 for violence including frightening images, a scene of sexuality and some thematic material | See all certifications »

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30 April 2004 (USA)  »

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El enviado  »

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Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$994,672 (Spain) (30 April 2004)

Gross:

$89,961 (South Africa) (20 August 2004)
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Five different endings were shot for this movie and the released one is the tamest one. See more »

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When Paul Duncan is driving, a Canadian flag is just about visible in the background. See more »

Quotes

Paul Duncan: I swear, I'll tell the whole goddamn world what you've done.
Richard Wells: What WE'VE done, Paul. WE.
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Predictable
Written by Norman Jones
Performed by Norman Jones and Duané Neillson
Published by Music NV Publishing (ASCAP)
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For God's sake!!
23 December 2005 | by (Longmont, Colorado) – See all my reviews

If you want to watch the "Godsend" go dig out the original 1980 flick. Although not quite the same story - it leaves this for dead! An exercise in how to completely antagonise an audience. The thing appears to be the result of almost daily-re-writes and a veritable conga-line of replaced directors (It wasn't) In support of the theory the makers had no idea what they were trying to achieve, the DVD itself has no less than FOUR alternate endings - three of which are better than the theatrical release.

The end result is neither scary, horrific, edgy...or even interesting! Up until the "Hey, have I got a cloning offer for you?" sequence, the flick had possibilities - not many admittedly...but some at least! You've got De Niro spouting epithets of medical babble but at least "looking" purposeful. Kinnear with all the charisma of a dead lemur and the ever statuesque Rebecca Romijn-Stamos taking up the slack as "Adam's" mom. Speaking of "Adam," (Cameron Bright)...has any kid ever had less cinematic appeal? When all is said and done.....nothing much is explained and the film simply "stops" rather than ends. Personally I think the IMDb's 4.7 is overly kind!


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