Synopsis
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.
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Cast
- Kim BasingerMaggie O'Connor
- Angela BettisJenna
- Holliston ColemanCody
- Rufus SewellEric Stark
- Christina RicciCheri Post
- Jimmy SmitsAgent John Travis
- Michael GastonDet. Frank Bugatti
- Lumi CavazosSister Rosa
- Dimitra ArlissDahnya
- Eugene LipinskiStuart
Recommendations
- 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The movie works -- at least marginally. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
A schlocky thriller that might appeal to less discriminating members of the mall crowd. - 50
New York Daily News
Should have sold its soul for a little help in the script department. - 38
Charlotte Observer
The movie is somewhat below average. The plot doesn't always hold together. - 38
USA Today
A cheesy crock of religious mumbo jumbo. - 33
Portland Oregonian
A forehead-poundingly bad picture. - 25
Philadelphia Inquirer
The unintentional effect of movies like Bless the Child is that they are enough to make agnostics out of true believers. - 20
The New York Times
A supernatural soap opera.
