Bless the Child

Well, let's get this out of the way right now.....BLESS THE CHILD is one bloody silly film. A supernatural God is coming and the Devil is gonna stop him type vehicle with Kim Bassinger looking like she's in a valium coma. That aside, it still manages to provide a few shocks and be a little bit of fun at the same time. For instance, watching Jimmy Smits pout about...as in "why the fuck am I playing a cop yet again?!?!?!?!" is a riot and Rufus Sewell pulling the "I am evil incarnate" routine is a definate million dollar howl. Even more amazing is how then child actor (maybe still) Holliston Coleman outacts everybody...even Ian Holm who somehow managed to get roped into this whole sordid mess. Parts of it were shot around Toronto so I do enjoy seeing the local hoods with Hollywood big shots lolling about in them, especially Christina Ricci running around in our abandoned subway station and homegrown gal Nicole Lyn, who I'm sure we'll see more of in the future, has a nice little bit role as does Brian Steele who will be playing the Gill Man in the upcoming CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON remake. So, while there was a lot here to keep me entertained I would be very hard pressed to recommend it to anybody else.