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Knowing

Play trailer Poster for Knowing PG-13,  2009,  1h 55m,  Sci-Fi/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Fifty years after it was buried in a time capsule, a schoolgirl's cryptic document falls into the hands of Caleb Koestler, the son of professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). John figures out that the encoded message accurately lists every major disaster from the past five decades, and predicts three future calamities -- one a global cataclysm. When his warnings fall on deaf ears, John enlists the help of the prophetic author's daughter and granddaughter to try to avert the ultimate disaster.
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Knowing has some interesting ideas and a couple good scenes, but it's weighted down by its absurd plot and over-seriousness.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 12, 2017
F
... I was dozing off... Go to Full Review
Jordan Hoffman UGO Aug 14, 2009
B
Knowing feels like a bunch of cool ideas that were strewn about a table, picked up, shoved together, tied up with duct tape and, somehow, managed to stay working for the ride. Go to Full Review
Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald Apr 3, 2009
2/5
Rather like watching an intricately arranged set of dominos starting to topple. That's neat. I didn't see that one coming, you think, as yet another train carriage joins the pile-up. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Dec 2, 2023
3.5/4
The result should not be dismissed as an average thriller, and yet, seen in those terms, it still succeeds because Proyas is a superior director, and after several missteps, he has finally redeemed himself with another fine piece of science fiction. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 29, 2020
6/10
The plot is hinged around a predicament so overwhelming that its conclusion can't possibly resolve satisfactorily. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 13, 2020
2.5/4.0
Nicolas Cage being Nicolas Cage in a film that requires Cage to be Cage. Go to Full Review
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Mar 8, 2019 Cage does take on some odd movies at times, but I love this one and never get why all the hate.
Luke W Jan 5, 2019 How ironic that I didn't know about this film until I watched it just now--it seems more pertinent than when it was made, since the threat of Global Warming has increased tremendously under the Trump administration, which is sealing the doom of the entire planet, albeit in a slightly slower death than this film shows, and not from a polar Flare, but our own actions, with no aliens to save our young. This flick was so well-done, even though the science of it was not accurate--but the movies are not reality, so we shouldn't expect them to be accurate--they are art based on ideas that are fantasy. Excellent acting and special effects in a film that kept me glued to the screen! See more
Luke S Dec 13, 2018 There was a time when Nicholas Cage wasn't a laughing stock and he time was before Knowing was released. Knowing is a strange film to review. On the one hand it contains some genuinely creepy scenes including a plane crash that is convincing and a scene in the woods that is eerie but the story about a professor who goes out to prevent catastrophes based on a list contained in an unearthed time capsule falls flat. This is probably the film when Nicholas Cage started going nuts and acting in every film that was probably thrown his way, though this cannot be faulted at the film. Alex Proyas could have done a better job but it is a decent effort containing some great isolated sequences. See more
Ron L Dec 4, 2018 Knowing is a strange film to review. On the one hand it contains some genuinely creepy scenes including a plane crash that is convincing and a scene in the woods that is eerie but the story about a professor who goes out to prevent catastrophes based on a list contained in an unearthed time capsule falls flat. This is probably the film when Nicholas Cage started going nuts and acting in every film that was probably thrown his way, though this cannot be faulted at the film. Alex Proyas could have done a better job but it is a decent effort containing some great isolated sequences. See more
George G Nov 19, 2018 There was a time when Nicholas Cage wasn't a laughing stock and he time was before Knowing was released. Knowing is a strange film to review. On the one hand it contains some genuinely creepy scenes including a plane crash that is convincing and a scene in the woods that is eerie but the story about a professor who goes out to prevent catastrophes based on a list contained in an unearthed time capsule falls flat. This is probably the film when Nicholas Cage started going nuts and acting in every film that was probably thrown his way, though this cannot be faulted at the film. Alex Proyas could have done a better job but it is a decent effort containing some great isolated sequences. (Worth a watch for some disturbing scenes). See more
Leia G Nov 11, 2018 A middling kind of film- Knowing is a strange film to review. On the one hand it contains some genuinely creepy scenes including a plane crash that is convincing and a scene in the woods that is eerie but the story about a professor who goes out to prevent catastrophes based on a list contained in an unearthed time capsule falls flat. This is probably the film when Nicholas Cage started going nuts and acting in every film that was probably thrown his way, though this cannot be faulted at the film. Alex Proyas could have done a better job but it is a decent effort containing some great isolated sequences. (Visually arresting not much else). See more
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Synopsis Fifty years after it was buried in a time capsule, a schoolgirl's cryptic document falls into the hands of Caleb Koestler, the son of professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). John figures out that the encoded message accurately lists every major disaster from the past five decades, and predicts three future calamities -- one a global cataclysm. When his warnings fall on deaf ears, John enlists the help of the prophetic author's daughter and granddaughter to try to avert the ultimate disaster.
Director
Alex Proyas
Producer
Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch
Screenwriter
Alex Proyas, Stuart Hazeldine, Ryne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White
Distributor
Summit Entertainment
Production Co
Escape Artists, Summit Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Disaster Sequences|Brief Strong Language|Disturbing Images)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 20, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 31, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$79.9M
Runtime
1h 55m
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