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Bless the Child( 2000)

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Mankind's last hope just turned six.

Overview

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kim Basinger

      Maggie O'Connor

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      Jimmy Smits

      Agent John Travis

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      Rufus Sewell

      Eric Stark

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      Ian Holm

      Reverend Grissom

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      Angela Bettis

      Jenna

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      Holliston Coleman

      Cody

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      Christina Ricci

      Cheri Post

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      Lumi Cavazos

      Sister Rosa

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      Michael Gaston

      Det. Frank Bugatti

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      Eugene Lipinski

      Stuart

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      Dimitra Arliss

      Dahnya

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      Anne Betancourt

      Maria

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      Helen Stenborg

      Sister Joseph

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      Matthew Lemche

      New Dawn Kid at Van

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      Dan Warry-Smith

      New Dawn Kid

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      Elisabeth Rosen

      New Dawn Kid

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      Tony del Rio

      New Dawn Kid

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      Nicole Lyn

      New Dawn Kid

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      Michael McLachlan

      New Dawn Kid

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      Vince Corazza

      Reverend's Assistant

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      David Eisner

      Dr. Ben

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      Gary Hudson

      Maggie's Date

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      Samantha O'Dwyer

      Cody (3 years old)

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      Nicolas Salgado

      Martin Casillas

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      Marcia Bennett

      Head Nurse

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      Peter Mensah

      Good Samaritan Janitor

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      Yan Birch

      Good Samaritan on Bridge

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      Alexa Gilmour

      Good Samaritan in Subway

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      Wanda-Lee Evans

      Woman on bus

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      Cedric Smith

      Pediatric Doctor

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      Dwayne McLean

      Homeless man

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      Brenda Devine

      Woman with sick Daughter

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      Lauren Spring

      Daughter

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      Christopher Redman

      New Dawn intern

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      Jovanni Sy

      Code blue doctor

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      Trevor Bain

      Task force investigator

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      Brian Heighton

      Techie

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      Christopher Marren

      Diner State Trooper

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      Todd Schroeder

      Diner State Trooper

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      John Healy

      Diner local policeman

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      Dylan Harman

      Boy in playground

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      David Sparrow

      Crawford

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      Michael Copeman

      Police Lieutenant

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      Neil Girvan

      Detective

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      Carol Lempert

      Detective

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      Kelvin Wheeler

      Detective

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      Tony Meyler

      Detective

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      Richard Carmichael

      Task force detective

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      Roman Podhora

      Desk sergeant

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      Dean Gabourie

      Alley officer

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      Arnold Pinnock

      Alley officer

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      Teresa Pavlinek

      Dentist's receptionist

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      Jeffrey Caudle

      Boy in dentist's chair

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      Catherine Fitch

      Sister Helena

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      Neville Edwards

      Pier cop

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      John Shepherd

      Mr. Czernik

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      Norma Edwards

      Mrs. Czernik

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      Leeza Gibbons

      Leeza Gibbons

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      Dan Duran

      Reporter

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      Sandi Stahlbrand

      Reporter

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      Mia Lee

      Newscaster

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      Matt Birman

      Upstate Cop

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      Meredith McGeachie

      Nurse

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      Henry Alessandroni

      Hospital cop

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      Austin Reed

      Baby Cody

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      Corrina Reed

      Baby Cody

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      Brianna Reed

      Baby Cody

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

    7
    Written by Wuchak on Sun Dec 03 2023
    **_Inversion of "The Omen"_** A little girl with awe-inspiring abilities is raised by her aunt, Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger), because her mother is a drug addict (Angela Bettis). The latter hooks up with a weird cult, led by the arrogant Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell), who wants the child for dubious purposes. Released in 2000, "Bless the Child" is a thriller/horror that comes across as an inverted "The Omen" with elements of "End of Days." It has the same plot as the contemporaneous "The Calling," but is more sensical. It's no low-budget production as it cost $40 million to make and was ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    40000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • sibling relationship
    • autism
    • satanism
    • substitute
    • demon