
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) worked at the F.B.I. as partners, a bond between them that led to them becoming lovers. But now they're out of the F.B.I. and have begun new careers. Scully works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Her focus these days is on a young boy with an incurable brain disease. Administration wants to give up on him. Scully, who feels a special bond with the boy, does not. Meanwhile, Mulder's focus is on clipping... (Full plot summary below)
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Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) worked at the F.B.I. as partners, a bond between them that led to them becoming lovers. But now they're out of the F.B.I. and have begun new careers. Scully works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Her focus these days is on a young boy with an incurable brain disease. Administration wants to give up on him. Scully, who feels a special bond with the boy, does not. Meanwhile, Mulder's focus is on clipping newspaper articles, throwing pencils into his ceiling and writing about the paranormal. Scully and Mulder are brought together as partners again when a special case requires Mulder's expertise, and Scully is prevailed upon to convince him to help. The case involves a pedophile priest who claims he is having psychic visions regarding the whereabouts of a missing F.B.I. Agent.
Leave your thoughts about The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie works like thrillers used to work, before they were required to contain villains the size of buildings. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleKnowing nothing about "X-Files" is no impediment to appreciating this for the well-acted, adult piece of work that it is. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerBilly Connolly, as a scurvy priest who may or may not be a visionary, steals the acting honors. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekDuchovny gives a nicely shaped performance here -- he still has the ability to suggest the boyish eagerness beneath Fox's blasé demeanor. But the movie really belongs to Anderson. |
| Miami HeraldConnie OgleI Want to Believe provides a welcome reminder of what made Carter's franchise a pop-culture gem. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe truth is, the mystery pales next to the best "X-Files" plots. But fans will appreciate sly references to past episodes, an unexpected appearance from an old friend and the still-poignant bond our heroes share. |
| Film ThreatRory L. AronskyPlease Chris Carter, bring us X-Files fans back to where we belong. If there is to be another movie, and there damn well better be, return us to our beloved mythology. |
| TimeRichard CorlissFor the uninitiated, The X Files: I Want to Believe may seem as musty and forbidding as one of those dank secrets that Mulder and Scully were forever digging up from some backyard, or fetid swamp, or their own aching hearts. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOlder and sadder, Mulder and Scully are no longer sure they've got the energy to even ask if the truth is still out there. And it feels as if Carter is skeptical, too. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerTravis NicholsDoes nothing so much as stir up a pining for the show in its prime -- a darkly imaginative and wonderfully weird thing -- though it is always nice to see old friends, however mellowed by age they turn out to be. |