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.

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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.

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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.

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Nikki Baughan Roll Credits Oct 30, 2019 2/5

Part science fiction cliché, part religious crackpotism, [the ending's] genuinely bad enough to cast a shadow over the entire film.

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List Staff The List Mar 20, 2019 2/5

Unbreakable quickly descends into bad CGI set-ups and portentous, hysterical exchanges.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 12, 2017 F

... I was dozing off...

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Mar 12, 2016 2.5/4

The impressively grim finale ensures that Knowing ultimately ends on a decidedly memorable note...

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Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews Nov 24, 2011

A damned entertaining movie despite the fact that it stars Nicholas Cage.

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Neil Pond American Profile Sep 29, 2011 2.5/5

A shotgun spray of metaphysics, cosmology, the Old Testament, flying saucers, angels, spooky blonde-haired men in black trench coats, mysterious little black rocks, two cute kids and a moose on fire.

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Gregory Weinkauf ÜberCiné Jul 25, 2011

If those space-dudes are so friendly, why drive children insane with a bunch of weird code? Why not just show up on The Tonight Show and tell everybody the exact date and time? Lame! Also: Why fake Massachusetts? Why not just say: 'This is Australia.'

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Simon Miraudo Quickflix Oct 27, 2010 4.5/5

Knowing is about faith; the belief that one day the mysteries of the universe will be explained to us, and the knowledge that anything is possible.

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Simon Foster sbs.com.au Aug 9, 2010

It's a folly and a failure, but an intriguing one - an ambitious vision from a tremendous filmmaker that, sadly, had too much going on with not enough to say.

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Nathan Lee NPR.org Jul 6, 2010

A slog through lazy writing, indifferent acting and blase direction with no hope of anything but chaotic violence as reward.

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Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com Jun 2, 2010 C-

A broad, leisurely jumble of Alfred Hitchcock-style suspense architecture and a dreary, paint-by-numbers Sci-Fi Channel Original, Knowing only seems to extract two reactions: nail-biting and eye-rolling.

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Kevin A. Ranson MovieCrypt.com Oct 31, 2009 2.0/4.0

... starts off as director Alex Proyas's take on "Final Destination" before going all "Close Encounters" on us. If only we hadn't seen it all before.

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Matt Soergel Florida Times-Union Sep 10, 2009 2/4

Basically two movies wrestling around in a burlap bag full of rocks: one an ambitious, big-idea sci-fi yarn, the other a horror movie as dumb as ... well, that's where those rocks come in.

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Sonny Bunch Washington Times Aug 30, 2009 3/4

Pay attention to Mr. Proyas' lighting and set design as well as the intense disaster sequences that dot Knowing: As with the rest of his oeuvre, the movie looks great.

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 25, 2009

This year's prize for most ludicrous set-up and most ludicrous punchline

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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.

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Anders Wotzke Moviedex Aug 1, 2009 3/5

Knowing is a bit of a revelation. Against all odds, it's not actually half bad.

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