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July 25, 2008

Big-screen ‘X-Files' doesn't rise to the occasion

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE

Director: Chris Carter

Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Con- nolly, Amanda Peet, Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner

Rating: PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material

Running time: 104 minutes
The makers of the new “X-Files” movie have done themselves a disservice in coming up with the elongated title, “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.” Really, it just invites a whole bunch of bad jokes which, unfortunately, are justified.

It's easy to imagine how they might go: I want to believe another “X-Files” movie is necessary, 10 years after the first one came out and six years after the pioneering sci-fi series went off the air. I want to believe it's worth my time and money, even if I wasn't a fervent devotee of the TV show. And I want to believe that Mulder and Scully still have the same chemistry they once did — a big reason the series developed a cult fan base.


 
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