Review of The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) by Nancyn — 28 Jul 2008

"Unlike the previous comments, I thought this was plenty scary. I was jumping all over the place in my seat at unexpected moments. And it had more gore than I'm used to with the XFiles cos on tv they had to be tamer (back when XFiles was on anyway).

So, some of the movie was watched thru the fingers of my hands :-) I was with my 29 yr old nephew who loved those same parts of the film that I refer to above. So, to a 29 yr old guy, it wasn't tame.

This may not matter to someone who didn't watch or wasn't an avid fan of the show, but I loved how they seamlessly integrated and re-introduced a lot of that which was a part of Mulder and Scully's persona on the show.

For instance: Mulder still eats sunflower seeds. Mulder's sister is mentioned more than once. The poster "I Want to Believe" is still in his office. Scully still wears her cross necklace.

The quick repartee particularly from Mulder. Scully (Anderson) and Mulder (Duchovny) still have that same chemistry--only deeper. I did think the storyline was gruesome but then so were some of the stories of the XFiles.

There was plenty of "Scully and Mulder" and their relationship to each other. I loved seeing them work together and where they are personally these 6 years later. That said, this wasn't quite up to Chris Carter and writers best story.

I'd give it an 8 1/2 out of 10 stars. (So, I've rounded up and rated this at 9 stars.) I always loved the music on the show and was not disappointed this time either. There is one scene, within the first 20 min of the film, where the XFiles theme music was the instrument to a spontaneous, unexpected laugh (really laugh) out loud response.

Scully and Mulder are about to enter an FBI office. On the left of the door is a picture of President Bush and on the right of the door is a picture of J. Edgar Hoover. You'll have to see the movie to understand why it was so funny :-) Bring on more XFiles movies, Chris Carter! Nancy" p.

S. Another reviewer referred to the ridiculousness of "the psycho-religious conversation about believing in things that aren't what they seem.." That's pure XFiles: two sides of the same coin.

Mulder view and Scully's view of the same topic. Each sees a different side.