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.
Mixing Spielbergian child-like wonder, disaster movie spectacle and the cod-religious silliness of M Night Shyamalan's 'Signs'. The premise is compelling, but the execution is over-cooked.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
27 Mar 2009
rotten:
There's nothing really special about this film, other than an interesting premise.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
23 Mar 2009
rotten:
Things started to fall off of the deep end very quickly.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
23 Mar 2009
rotten:
If Alex Proyas' Knowing were reasonably entertaining -- instead of just dour, pointless and tedious -- it would be a camp classic.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
23 Mar 2009
rotten:
If you want to know how inept the movie is...well, it's so inept that you may wish you were watching an M. Night Shyamalan version of the very same premise.