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Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes30%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
1,443 audience votes
Key crew
- Rodrigo CortésDirector
- Rodrigo CortésScreenplay
- Víctor ReyesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cillian MurphyTom Buckley
- Sigourney WeaverMargaret Matheson
- Robert De NiroSimon Silver
- Elizabeth OlsenSally Owen
- Toby JonesPaul Shackleton
- Joely RichardsonMonica Handsen
- Craig RobertsBen
- Leonardo SbaragliaPalladino
- Adriane LenoxRina
- Garrick HagonHoward McColm
- Burn GormanBenedict Cohen
- Mitchell MullenJim Carroll
Stills
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Themes
dreamsexperimenttalk showobsessionfraudrevelationparanormalcon artistclairvoyanceattackpsychicskepticism