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Release Date
• USA: Aug 11, 2000
• UK: 5 Jan 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2001
• R2: 9 Jul 2001
Budget $40,000,000
Official Website:
Bless the Child Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, drug content and brief language.
Running Time
1 hour, 47 minutes
Country USA, Germany
Production Companies
BTC Productions KG, Icon Entertainment International, MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH & Company I. Produktions KG, Paramount Pictures
Studio Icon Productions, Paramount
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Other Titles
• Bless the Child (2000)
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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Demon, Occult, Investigation, Christmas, Police, Devil, Drugs, Religion, Murder, Demonic Possession
Tagline: Mankind's last hope just turned six.
Plot: Academy Award Winner Kim Basinger stars as Maggie O’Connor, a single woman whose life revolves around her career as a nurse - until the surprise appearance of her sister Jenna (Angela Bettis) and Jenna’s newborn baby girl, Cody. When Jenna suddenly disappears, Maggie is left to raise Cody (Holliston Coleman), an autistic child, by herself. But after Jenna returns with a mysterious cult leader (Rufus Sewell) and abducts Cody, Maggie discovers that the child possesses extraordinary powers: powers that forces of evil have waited centuries to control. Together with a FBI specialist in occult-related crimes (Jimmy Smits), Maggie races to save the life of the innocent girl who may hold the keys to save mankind or destroy it...Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O’Connor’s (Kim Basinger) well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital -- that is, until her wayward kid sister, Jenna (Angela Bettis), shows up on her doorstep one rainy Christmas Eve and saddles Maggie with an autistic newborn child named Cody (Holliston Coleman). Cody quickly 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
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So, I gave this movie a six because the acting was pretty bad and there could have been more to the plot. I would have given it a lower rating, but I thought it had some cool scenes and was somewhat interesting in certain parts. See this if you have nothi 6/10--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
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| Thomas Rickman
Coal Miner's Daughter, Tuesdays with Morrie, Everybody's All-American |
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 | Jimmy Smits
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, The Million Dollar Hotel |
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 | Ian Holm
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Fifth Element |
 | Holliston Coleman
Dinner with Friends, Run for the Money, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch | |
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