Thai twin-brother directors Oxide and Danny Pang did primo horror work on 2002's Hong Kong cornea-transplant flick The Eye, but on their first American film their atmospheric efforts are usurped by a brain-dead script that seems written by a 12-year-old.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 6, 2010

There are flashes of good imagery in The Messengers, but [they] work better in the trailer, unencumbered by the dreary plot.

| Jul 15, 2008

Patchwork filmmaking designed by a corporate mentality devoted only to the defense of the lowest common denominator. The viewer is assumed to be stupid and easily duped.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 5, 2008

The only message worth relaying about The Messengers is: Avoid.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 26, 2008

Um filme falho (especialmente com relação ao seu roteiro), mas que oferece belos exemplos do dom que os cineastas têm para criar planos e cenas perturbadores.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2008

A film so filled with clichés of the genre and plot points so dumb that even a novice would end up laughing.

| Original Score: D | Jan 4, 2008

Una más de niños que ven fantasmas, totalmente insignificante y olvidable y plagada de lugares comunes que ya no asustan ni sorprenden a nadie.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 22, 2007

The problem with The Messengers is that it simply doesn't offer up much of anything new.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 25, 2007

The scares have been booby-trapped brilliantly throughout it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 18, 2007

...irredeemably uneventful and - ultimately - hopelessly derivative...

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 13, 2007

The MessengersI/i> is textbook, and the course it's teaching is HSL: Horror as a Second Language.

| Original Score: C- | May 28, 2007

Yet not even the Pang brothers' sense of panache can redeem what is a lame script by Mark Wheaton.

Full Review | Apr 21, 2007

It's pretty ordinary genre stuff.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2007

It's like a movie premonition - you've seen it all before.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 6, 2007

Derivative but enjoyable horror flick with stylish direction, an intriguing mystery and strong performances from its cast.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 5, 2007

Many of the images feel over-familiar, and the shocks a mite too forced.

| Apr 5, 2007

Gaping plot holes, a tacked-on ending and a twist that belongs in a different movie.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 3, 2007

Though The Messengers stands above its ilk, the filmmakers work with too limited a tone, and restrained a sense of exploration, to bring it to life.

Full Review | Mar 15, 2007

Families who see this film should talk about the importance of trust between parents and children.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Mar 3, 2007

No one says, "Gimme the bat, Wendy," or, "Here's Johnny!" But they come close.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 3, 2007