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A gifted young boy begins to terrorise his family in this horror thriller from the director of The Pact. More
- 42 %Rotten
tomatoes® - 6 reviews
Directed by Nicholas McCarthy
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The Prodigy | Reviews
42%83 reviews
While it lacks gripping, nail-biting tension, the unnerving horror that underscores
the family drama brings it to life. Full review The movie's occasional chills do little to obscure the thin plotting, problematic pacing and a central mystery that's left aggravatingly vague. Full reviewVariety
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Roger Ebert
McCarthy's direction is so sleepy that a number of key scenes fizzle out before they can pay off with the next big jump scare.
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Los Angeles Times
[A] tense and gripping, persuasively acted horror-thriller that evokes such evil-child flicks as "The Omen," "The Exorcist," "The Bad Seed" and "The Good Son," while carving its own pulse-pounding, if inherently far-fetched niche in the process.
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IndieWire
"The Prodigy" could stand to stretch its R-rating to even ickier ends, but its psychological surprises are the ones that really stick.
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Hollywood Reporter
Struggling throughout with issues of structure and pacing, Nicholas McCarthy's horror feature threatens to debase standards for the genre to levels that even undiscriminating thrillseekers seem likely to reject.
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The Prodigy is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and Prime Video Store.
Watch The Prodigy 2019 in Australia
Released: 2019
Updated: 24th Oct, 2022
Rated: R
Director: Nicholas McCarthy
Cast: Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Colm Feore
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What is The Prodigy about?
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
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