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Knowing

What happens when the numbers run out?

6.2 / 10

121 minutes

2009-03-19

English

GB

Actors :

Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn, Nadia Townsend, Terry Camilleri, Lara Robinson, Adrienne Pickering, Danielle Carter, Alethea McGrath, David Lennie, D.G. Maloney, Alan Hopgood, Joshua Long, Tamara Donnellan

Description

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

5/16/2024, 3:22:11 PM

Pythagorus As Nostradamus. Knowing is directed by Alex Proyas and collectively written by Ryne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. It stars Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, Ben Mendelsohn and Nadia Townsend. Music is by Marco Beltrami and cinematography by Simon Duggan. 1959, and young schoolgirl Lucinda Embry (Robinson) keeps hearing voices. When ...

Wuchak

Wuchak

6/23/2021, 3:58:20 PM

***What if everything’s not just meaningless chance?*** A disillusioned professor in the Boston area (Nicolas Cage) acquires a document that has successfully predicted tragedies for the last fifty years, but new ones as well (!). Rose Byrne plays the daughter of the seer. “Knowing” (2009) is a quality drama/mystery with elements of disaster/sci-fi and even a little horror. It’s along the li...

Gimly

Gimly

6/23/2021, 3:58:41 PM

A very intriguing set-up, but not much else of note is found in _Knowing_. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._