Variety
Revisiting the book of Exodus in a feverish Southern-gothic context, this lurid, often ludicrously entertaining slab of Biblesploitation builds an earnest case for spirituality in a skeptical age...
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The Reaping
Hilary Swank plays a former Christian missionary who lost her faith after her family was killed. Since, she's become a world renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But an investigation in small town Louisiana, whose residents claim to be seeing & suffering from the Biblical plagues, causes Ms Swank to re-evaluate her beliefs.
200791 minsUSA
HorrorThriller
- Director:
- Stephen Hopkins ('Predator 2', 'Lost In Space', tv's '24')
- Writer:
- Carey HayesChad Hayes
- Cast:
- Hilary SwankDavid MorrisseyIdris ElbaStephen Rea
The Reaping / Reviews
The New York Times
The only remotely notable thing about this particular jumble of boos, bangs and door creaks...is that it tries to wed the horror trend with the heated-up God market...
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The editing is perplexing: potentially interesting scenes are brief, others drawn-out. It takes far too long to get to the small town, far too long to meet the girl everyone’s blaming, far too long to get to the darned point. As a result, the reveal is so belated and hurried it’s almost pointless. It’s a sad state of affairs when the fit of Hilary Swank’s casual slacks is more interesting than a plague of locusts...
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Premiere Magazine
Some of the effects are squirm-worthy, if not actually frightening. Amid all the fake profundity, those moments -- you know, when the film is actually entertaining -- are rare...
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New Zealand Herald
Swank looks good, the film looks good, but the lack of clarity in the storytelling makes for a frivolous affair...
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