Admirable film.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I usually don't write comments on here, but I thought that this movie was so bad that I had to alert fellow movie lovers that this is NOT a movie to watch. The movie contains bad acting, bad directing, bad everything. The movie drags on and at some points you can't help but fast forward.Christina Ricci's acting is so bad that you can only laugh at some parts LOL. At least pick a hotter chick if you're going to make such a bad film. I heard Megan Fox wasn't a good actor, but I automatically go deaf when she appears on the screen.I gave this movie a 1 out of 10 and I'd rather have a case of swine flu then watch this again.

This horror film deals with a church that is buried beneath the earth and it has a scene which depicts Jesus Christ being hung on a cross and their is a large crowd of people who just simply watch and do nothing to try to prevent this murder. Cassie Grant, (Christina Ricci) who is driving her car and runs into a young girl named Marion Kirkman, (Kerry Fox) and Cassie takes care of Marion who has amnesia and cannot remember just who she is. As the film progresses, Marion begins to see many people in the local town who just stare at her and she becomes very close friends with Cassie Grant's children and begins to see that these children are in grave danger from these people who just wander all around and simply just staring and watching every move that they make. There is a deep meaning to this film and it is not just an ordinary horror film but deals with a religious Bible story.

This contains spoilers so do not read if you actually plan on watching this terrible, terrible film.Not often do I see a movie where I get more and more angry the longer I watch. The idiocy of the plot, the fact that all those that "gathered" to watch Christ die were all Caucasians, the secret church that has nothing to do with the plot at all, the gathering ghosts that are there to just "watch" but actually end up killing several people (Why? Are they Satanic now? There is no reason!), the forced message about second chances when the step-mom was just shot dead, this movie is terrible!You cannot (cannot!) photo-shop a swastika on the Statue of Liberty and use the concept to make a shocking thriller about how it's actually a secret Nazi missile silo, just like you cannot use JFK footage to try and convince an audience that the ghost of Caucasian Christ haters were at the assassination of Kennedy. But wait, this movie did just that!Ricci is as bad an actor as Reid in my book (yes, that bad) after watching this monstrosity. I feel like scratching the disc so no one else at Blockbuster will have the misfortune of sitting though this "exclusive."Do not see this movie, ever!

I found my copy of "The Gathering" in a shop in Amsterdam (as the movie was not available in the U.K. at the time) and was truly excited by the prospect of finally watching it comfortably sat at home. Why? Because of the quite exciting premise of course! A church from the 1st century depicting the crucifixion through an unusual angle (from behind) is uncovered in the English West country. Simultaneously, Cassie Grant, an American drifter gets hit by a car and looses her memory. Settling down temporally with the car driver, her husband and two children, Cassie is assaulted by a series of visions and nightmares while being quite obviously watched by strangers; strangers bearing strong resemblance to the bas-reliefs on the walls of the newly uncovered church. Soon, Cassie discovers that those strangers are The Gathering, willing witnesses of the human tragedies and miseries… Now how's that for promising? And sadly that is where the excitement ends, pretty much.Where "The Gathering" could have benefited from a more punchy direction, Brian Gilbert, obviously inexperienced in the genre, blandly illustrates his script without much of a spark of passion for its interesting concept. The results turns what could have been an exciting and unique horror movie into a somewhat run of the mill supernatural thriller (as directors like to call their films when embarrassed by the "horror" tag). Anne Dudley's score is pretty decent although flirting too much with Jerry Goldsmith's partition for "Basic Instinct" at times.The whole cast is doing a pretty good job except for Christina Ricci and there lies the main problem. The movie would have definitely benefited from being an all around British production rather than a simple vehicle for its lead actress. Therefore, exit any possibility of subversive or challenging ideas (and considering its original concept there could have been plenty) since the movie is just and ONLY a commercial venture. In that respect, the final scene where Christina's redeeming her character through that "little-girl-that-once-witnessed-something-terrible" little story is down right ridicule. Actually, it wouldn't have been that terrible if she had seemed to care about it at all. But Ricci SO obviously doesn't that it quickly becomes embarrassing watching her insipid performance all throughout. Either that or she's actually not that a good actress.