If you read the book, and liked it, AVOID this movie like the plague! It is NOTHING like the book! Koontz (the book writer) puts things in the book that are important to the story. The anti-Christ will be handsome, engaging and influence the masses. This is how the book reads! The six year old child is beautiful, engaging & the picture of health. He's smart, funny, and the kind of kid people like, even those who hate kids. Strangers comment on how cute he is, how he could be a child actor etc. He's also engaging, intuitive, smart and brave. I don't think this is how you world describe the nerd from, 'The Wonder Years'.. The kid in the movie is whiny, irritating, NOT wise beyond his years, & forgive me for saying so, NOT ATTRACTIVE! Also, far from wanting to be around this kid, I was repelled by him. His voice was whiney, he looked sickly - NOT VERY ANTI-CHRISTY.
The same goes with the book's description of the mother's house. She's supposed to have a high end lifestyle with luxury items, like silk oriental rugs etc. Once again, these things matter, because she gained this wealth AFTER she had her son. This implies maybe he is the anti-Christ. The movie does not include these cues, there is no wondering if the kid is supernatural or not. It does not have these questions for it's audience. This makes the movie silly and disjointed, with NO believability.
These plot points are important because the book includes the question of the boy's origin. Charlie, bodyguards, & even the boy's mother, come to wonder if the boy is really the anti-Christ, & if Grace Spivey is a prophet. Without these questions, a lot that happens wouldn't make sense. Which, of course, is a description of this terrible movie.
This movie's ONLY saving grace was Grace Zabriskie as Grace Spivey (ha!). She is exactly the character in the book (except not as old), and is really scary. She's a great actress, and embodies the original source material. She was the only good thing about this movie.
Someone should remake this book into a better movie. And you could do it right this time, the source material is easy.
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