For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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.

Well, this certainly isn't a movie I would recommend young/upcoming parents or youthful members of large families to watch! It could have quite a nightmarish impact on them, and on anyone else with an unstable nerve system for that matter. It's probably a hugely distasteful way to describe the plot, but the first half of "The Godsend" strangely resembles Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians". Kate and Alan Marlowe started out with four lovely children of their own at the beginning of the film. Then there were three, then two and so on. The number of kids alarmingly decreases because a mysterious lady gave birth to a girl in their house and then suddenly vanished without a trace. Little blond Bonnie is very cherubic, but even more morbid and dangerous, and she really doesn't get any more lovable with the age. Is Bonnie the world's youngest serial killer? Is she a child of the devil, like in the great influential classic "The Omen"? Or perhaps she's a one girl government-invented contraception campaign? Adapted from a novel, "The Godsend" is a strange and thoroughly unsettling thriller that breaks through a couple of obviously controversial topics and taboos. It's a good, memorable and mainly atmosphere-driven film, and it's probably so under-appreciated because it got released amidst a large stream of horror movies revolving on murderously wayward and devil-possessed children (all cashing in on the popularity of the aforementioned "The Omen"), like "Bloody Birthday", "The Children of Ravensbeck", "The Orphan" and "The Pit". This wicked gem is rather different to all those titles and actually quite unique in the genre all together. The story grows gradually weirder and scarier, with odd but intriguing cuckoo birds' theories and the deteriorating relationship between the once-inseparable parents. Joanne Boorman and Wilhelmina Green give away impressive performances as Bonnie (both ages). The girl's uncanny eyes are so soul-penetratingly eerie she would form the ideal puppy love interest for Damien of "The Omen" fame. Director Gabrielle Beaumont loses a bit of her grip on the story during the middle-section, resulting in some dull and overlong sequences, but the denouement is again suitably raw and 100% relentless. Definitely not a film – as stated before – for sensitive people. Despite the harrowing and deeply uncomfortable subject matter, the production values remain extremely British at all times, meaning eloquent and sophisticated dialogs, stylish camera-work and nifty set pieces. A very remarkable and impressive film.

Another movie about a seemingly cute child with a not-so-cute side; Portland's video/DVD store Movie Madness has in the horror section a whole shelf devoted to Killer Kids. In this case, a typical English family one day picks up a woman who gives birth in their house and then disappears without a trace, leaving her infant daughter with them. Sure enough, their children start getting killed. Basically a rehash of "The Bad Seed", "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Omen". Still, "The Godsend" has a neat side, as the vicious little girl makes some faces that no one would ever associate with a little girl; she did look kind of scary.But in the grand scheme of things, there's nothing new or important about this movie. Not to mention that it ends rather abruptly. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus produced much better movies over the years. This is the sort of flick that you rent if there's absolutely nothing else available.

The film is absolutely dreadful. I had to watch it with the fast forward button. This film succeeds at doing only 2 things...it makes you want to beat up the stranger and the evil girl. The film is full of empty spaces...it could have been over in 20 minutes. Avoid this film!

This was another evil child film that came out after "The Exorcist" and "The Omen" and this is easily the most forgettable. One reason is that they're are no recognizable actors in the film. The pregnant girl at the beginning who gives birth is Angela Pleasence and she is the daughter of Donald Pleasence. After she gives birth she suddenly disappears and the couple who took her in raise the child. Over the next 8 years or so the couple lose they're children in accidents. The father is suspicious of their adopted child but the mother is protective. Story is just like a human version of the cuckoo. The bird lays its eggs in another birds nest and leaves so another bird can raise the chick. When the mother isn't around it pushes the other baby birds out of the nest so it can have all the attention from its adoptive mother. From what I have heard the book that this is based on is much better. It should be. This leaves a lot out like details! Their was absolutely nothing scary about this film. The parents argue all the time and we get close-ups of the girls face that is suppose to embody evil. Film moves slowly along and then ends without any solution ala' "The Omen". I guess they left the end open in case this poor excuse for a horror film became a hit and they could make a sequel. About the only good thing I can say about this film is that the cinematography is pretty good. Nicely shot, but other than that its a waste of time. I'm sure I don't have to tell you what film to rent instead, do I?