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I Want to Believe Requires True Faith

Posted Jul 25, 08 11:59 AM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – X-Files: I Want to Believe is strictly for serious fans of Mulder and Scully on the small screen, the critics say. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny's plunge back into the paranormal "gives devoted fans plenty of small moments to swoon over,"  Brian Lowry writes in Variety, "but the appeal should be limited beyond those fervent loyalists."

The stars bring some of the spooky old atmosphere back, Richard Corliss writes in Time, "but so much has changed that they seem the aliens." The film, Jan Stuart writes for the LA Times, "is not so much interested in setting up a dialectic between clashing belief systems as it is in delivering a socko FBI procedural. In both instances, it falls woefully short."

Sources Rotten Tomatoes, Time, Variety, Los Angeles Times

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In this image released by 20th Century Fox, David Duchovny, left, and Gillian Anderson are shown in a scene from, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe."   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Diyah Pera)
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny reprise their roles from the hit '90s TV series in "X-Files: I Want To Believe.   (KRT Photos)
Gillian Anderson, left, and David Duchovny, co-stars of "The X-Files: I Want To Believe," mingle at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
In this image released by 20th Century Fox, David Duchovny, left, and Gillian Anderson are shown in a scene from, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe."   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Diyah Pera)
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