Bless the Child Poster

Bless the Child (2000)

R 08/11/2000 Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime 1h 47m
53%
User
Score
5.1/10
4%
17/100

Mankind's last hope just turned six.

Overview

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

Clifford Green

Screenplay

Chuck Russell

Director

Ellen Green

Screenplay

Thomas Rickman

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger

Maggie O'Connor

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Agent John Travis

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

Eric Stark

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Reverend Grissom

Angela Bettis

Angela Bettis

Jenna

Holliston Coleman

Holliston Coleman

Cody

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

Cheri Post

Lumi Cavazos

Lumi Cavazos

Sister Rosa

Michael Gaston

Michael Gaston

Det. Frank Bugatti

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Media

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on December 3, 2023

**_Inversion of "The Omen"_**

A little girl with awe-inspiring abilities is raised by her aunt, Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger), because her mother is a drug addict (Angela Bettis). The latter hooks up with a weird cult, led by the arrogant Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell), who wants the child for dubious purposes.

Released in 2000, "Bless the Child" is a thriller/horror that comes across as an inverted "The Omen" with elements of "End of Days." It has the same plot as the contemporaneous "The Calling," but is more sensical.

It's no low-budget production as it cost $40 million to make and was directed by Chuck Russell, who's known for a few fairly significant movies, like "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors," the remake of "The Blob" and 1994's highly successful "The Mask." Des...

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