Review of The Calling

The Calling (I) (2000)
8/10
Religious folklore
19 July 2010
Warning: Spoilers
I have to say after reading most of the reviews, I don't agree. I'm not going to restate the whole of the plot here because enough have stated what the movie is essentially about. The only similarity to the Omen was the topic of the Antichrist. Yes there was the birth of a child but you know, even Rosemary's Baby had that which came long before the Omen movies. It is just a topic that has been handled in various ways in a number of films. I thought the acting was fine and these weren't washed up actors in any way. Miss Harris did an excellent job in her part as the Mother to the child. It had some unique twists and turns in the plot and the scenery was beautiful. If you find the topic of the Antichrist an interesting one, then you might give this one a watch. They did some things I haven't seen prior in a movie pertaining to this topic. What one has to remember is that the topic is in a way limiting in what one can do with it. This movie really wasn't cliché'. I enjoyed the input of the taxi driver that ended up something else altogether. I liked it and would watch it a second time.
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