Product Information
Inner-city school teacher Paul (played by Greg Kinnear) and his wife Jessica (played by Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) are distraught after losing their eight-year-old son David in an accident. At the funeral, Jessica's old science professor Dr. Wells offers them a chance to rebuild their lives.Product Identifiers
EAN5060002831946
eBay Product ID (ePID)30960167
Product Key Features
ActorCameron Bright, Robert De Niro, Jenny Levine, Greg Kinnear, Deborah Odell, Rebecca Romijn
Film/TV TitleGodsend
DirectorNick Hamm
LanguageEnglish
Run Time98 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
FeaturesFeature Commentary\Audio Track Commentary\4 Alternate Endings\4 Commentaries For Alternate Endings\Cast Interviews\Storyboards\Director Video Diary\TV Spots\Theatrical Trailer, Widescreen, Closed Caption
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationThe trials of parenthood are at the forefront of this murky horror effort that recalls 1970s child-possession hits like AUDREY ROSE ('77) and The EXORCIST ('73). Inner-city school teacher Paul (Greg Kinnear) and his wife Jessica (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) are distraught after losing their eight-year-old son David (Cameron Bright) in an accident. At the funeral, Jessica's old science professor Dr. Wells (Robert De Niro) offers them a chance to rebuild their lives: a mansion in the country near his DNA clinic, a private school teaching job for Paul, and an exact clone of their dead son. Sworn to secrecy and facing all sorts of moral issues, the grief-stricken couple accepts Wells' offer. All goes well until the new David passes the age he previously died, then comes ghostly visions of burning children, and premonitions of murder. A creepily unobtrusive score and the film's drab look help maintain a welcome low-key, character-driven mood here, with the result that GODSEND works both as a standard horror film and a darkly psychological meditation on the uncertainty, misgivings, and sheer terror involved with child rearing. Deniro is great, as usual, and the gorgeous Romijn-Stamos proves herself adept in an unglamorous, tensely dramatic change-of-pace role as the split-apart mother.
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1