Aside from some genuinely creepy imagery carbon copied from better films, Goyer’s hammy attempt to incite shocks results only in laughs, while his story structure causes eye-rolls.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 15, 2023

But the film's fundamental flaw is that these solid spooky moments hang on a narrative that's not nearly strong enough to bear their weight.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 4, 2019

I don't know why I even bothered to watch this.

| Original Score: F | Sep 12, 2017

I truly, truly recommend watching either of those instead of The Unborn. Or your wall. Just staring at your wall is also an acceptable alternative too.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Oct 21, 2014

I kept hoping Oldman would revert to his Sid & Nancy punk persona and kick the little freak in the yarbles like some pain-deserving Springsteen fan, but no such luck.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 15, 2013

Unoriginal, unbelievable, utterly unwatchable.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 29, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Smoking-hot heroine. Clever paranormal premise. Painfully clueless conclusion.

| Original Score: 1.0/4.0 | Mar 18, 2010

[An] exuberantly creepy mash-up of Jewish folklore, J-horror atmospherics, and demonic possession boilerplate.

| Jan 5, 2010

The Unborn is packed full of grisly images and effects, but its apparent attempts to be some kind of Jewish take on The Exorcist fail miserably.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 17, 2009

The best that can be said for Goyer's latest is that it's competent. How competent is a matter of debate, as is the degree to which Goyer is self-aware about the film's camp value. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 12, 2009

Should have been aborted.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 1, 2009

What The Unborn represents manages to be a thousand times more disturbing than anything Goyer captured with his pen or camera

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 28, 2009

There is a senseless scare every 5-7 minutes. Now, after one or two you start to get the giggles but after the third or fourth false scare you begin to Laugh Out Loud.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 15, 2009

...boasts few attributes designed to initially capture the viewer's interest...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 4, 2009

The Unborn is like a scary movie sentence without the necessary linking verbs. It's all genre gears and no motivational motor.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 1, 2009

The Unborn is a story that should have remained untold and will be forgotten by the end of the weekend.

| Original Score: D | Jun 10, 2009

'Tis the season of the Hollywood dumps -- which is too bad because I had harbored some small hope for this latest horror offering from David S. Goyer.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 23, 2009

Full of cheap thrills that mostly consist of people popping up out of nowhere and dialogue comprised largely of theological gobbledygook.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 13, 2009

Some of the ideas here may seem original, if questionable, but the treatment -- by writer-director David Goyer -- is strictly conventional, with the shock moments obviously inserted at regular intervals, usually while the heroine is in her underwear.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 6, 2009