Something went wrong
Try again later.
The Prodigy
It seems that there is a recurring horror that we are experiencing through this woman named Sarah, a mother who is in a state of sadness because she notices the behavior of her exciting little son. Perhaps there might be a wicked and perhaps miraculous force that has overtaken him. Despite all that is happening, Sarah is still trying to find a solution for the safety of her family. Sarah seems to be at a loss where she must choose between the instinct of the mother in love with the mother and the urgent need to investigate what or what causes that strange turn that seems to be wrong.
19 August 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
27 July 1984, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 November 1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 January 1977, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
February 15, 2019
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.
February 07, 2019
Director Nicholas McCarthy and screenwriter Jeff Buhler could pen that aforementioned parental handbook for child demonic possession, since they blithely borrow from innumerable evil kid movies.
February 08, 2019
McCarthy's film dips its toes into some stock scare tactics - the whistling tea kettle, the dark hallway, the creepy basement - while struggling to figure out whether it wants its third act to be a boring or bad-ass sort of bonkers-bananas.
February 22, 2019
An empty exercise that barely keeps itself standing. [Full Review in Spanish]
February 08, 2019
The film is cruelly well-made.
February 22, 2019
Nicholas McCarthy needed to transcend the conventions to successfully mix genres. [Full Review in Spanish]
February 07, 2019
[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.
February 19, 2019
This is entertaining and all, but the movie is neither scary nor intriguing enough to transcend its cliches and redundancy.
February 07, 2019
The latest in a long, increasingly lousy line of bloodthirsty kid movies...
February 19, 2019
The Prodigy feels more like an absurd fantasy film than a horror flick.
March 05, 2019
The Prodigy is a forgettable, tedious horror film that few will remember come this summer.
February 08, 2019
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.
