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All member reviews for Knowing

CoreyK
adult
 
Cheesy But Interesting
"Knowing" is ridiculous, flawed, and laughable, but it is also compelling and scary. You might love or hate the ending, but the special effects are incredible. The surreal disaster scenes will be disturbing for even adults. Nikky Cage may have a drinking problem (mild), but he is also a loving father that gives this movie an emotional punch.

bookworm_jz
kid, 13 years old
 
Beware of the Ending
I'm sorry, but I absolutely hated....... the ending. (I'll get to that later on in this review) Okay, so what I look for in a good movie is: -dialogue -actor choice -plot -ending So, audience is drawn in by all the numbers and predictions. Then, closing in at the end, Caleb is chosen. Okay, I'm a bit disappointed, maybe the dad will still survive. Then, he drives to his dad's house and huddles with them. It goes to a shot of the earth supposedly being destroyed. I was like, "Keep on going...." It goes to a scene where Caleb and that girl are on the world where they are now living. then the credits came, and I was like, "WHAT!??!!?! how could that be the end?" The good things were that it kept me in the whole movie, the cast, and the plot. The bad = the end. The end is a lot to me, so I'll have to give it 2 stars.....

 
OK movie but EXTREMELY VIOLENT! So this movie really pushes the PG-13 limits because of a subway that mows down a ton of people and a plane that crashes through a freeway and people run around on fire and some people explode. Also, if u bring ur kids, u might want to take them out of the theater at the commercials, u do not want to risk them watching a preview for a new horror flick called "Sorority Row". NOT A GOOD FLICK FOR KIDS! See Monsters vs. Aliens instead with kids much better and more appropriate.

 
My husband and I took our daughter this weekend, who is 11, and it was a pretty intense movie for kids. We thought the movie was pretty strong for even adults. It may be better suited for children 14 and up.

rhawkinsfamily ...
parent of and 11 , 12 , 15 year old
 
My 10 and 13 year old children have seen a lot of PG13 movies, but this one is definitely one I wish we would have skipped. Violent images - people burning in a plane crash, getting run over by a runaway subway train, a mother killed in a car wreck - were disturbing even for me. These in addition to Nicholas Cage drinking bottles of booze throughout the movie, weird sci-fi alien people that stalk the children, and the planet being destroyed in the end, killing everyone on it.....I wish I wouldn't have taken my kids.

 
Knowing is NOT for kids. The movie is terrifying, excessively violent, and really pushes the limit of PG-13. Brutal, horrifying deaths in airplane and subway crashes are very real. Scenes of people seeming "possessed" are frightening. There is a tense and almost horror-like quality to the entire film. Parents should really think twice before taking a child under the age of 15.

Audrey McIntosh
educator and parent of 4 , 9 , and 13 year old
 
Kid's will have bad dreams
Scary! Slightly upsetting.

techiemom
parent of 16 year old
 
What a BOMB!
As we watched the beginning of the movie, my daughter and I felt slightly disturbed but convinced ourselves that the movie would get better. We have never been more wrong! We just sat on the couch and watched it spiral downward into the big finale that creeped us out and left us thinking about the new definition of "child catcher!" We would NOT recommend wasting your money OR TIME on this flop!

 
My 13 year old was disturbed
My 13 year old saw this with a friend. She came home horrified. We read the reviews together beforehand and watched previews, but that did not prepare her, or us. She told me the violence was graphic, with lots of blood and suffering. The animal scenes bothered her. Her main complaint were the scenes of possession. She decribed the eyes of the possessed girl, then recounted the girl enscribing with her fingernails and blood. The most disturbing aspect I believe for my daughter was the end - spoiler alert - when the world was destroyed. This is her first movie without a happy ending. Sometimes there are no happy endings, but that is a pretty heavy knowledge for a young kid to bear. I've gotten a little trusting of my daughter and movies she sees lately, but I'm going to rethink things after this.

dreamckr
parent of 16 year old
 
Definitely not for younger teenagers
This movie is way above the mark for 13 and even for those 14-16. There is starking images that are seen within climatic events. There is that hint of horror, and the unknown which for most teens is hard to make them push past the idea that it is 'just a movie'. Definitely think twice before allowing your teens to see this movie.

Susanwr
parent of 13 and 16 year old
 
We saw this without reviewing first and it was absolutely TERRIBLE! We had to leave the theatre befor the end. my daughter was shaking with the spooky alien guys and catastrophe. There was not let up! This is a complete miss!

elidan3
adult
 
Dislike immensely
This movie has a lot of excessive drinking done by a Dad that seems to suffer from no side-effects by doing so. The makes no buffer zone for death and shows the whole act. I would not recommend this movie to an adult let alone a teenager.

 
I took my 12 year old daughter to see this last night and we walked out after about 1/2 hour. She has read several dark novels and seen scary movies before, but the violence in this movie was too much for both of us. I'm not sure if I would even take my 15 year old.

threekidsmom
parent of and 12 , 14 , 17 year old
 
I would have given it less than 1 star. My daughter (15) & 2 sons (10 & 11) wanted to see it, but from the trailer, I thought I'd check it out with my daughter first. Thank Goodness! First of all, right off the bat the SH*T word loudly and more than once and frequent drinking out of the bottle by the main character. Then the story line was absolutely ridiculous going from seemingly "real" situations to aliens coming & taking people to another planet. But most of all this movie is VERY disturbing! Explosions with people being flung in the air and running around on fire--I even had to look down it was too vivid, then subway car off track smashing into people including woman with a baby, then animals running through the forest on fire. But the most disturbing was the little girl that wrote the prophecy is found with a vacant stare on her face under the gym in a closet trying to scratch the prophecy on the door until her fingers are bleeding. Creepy! And the alien stalkers who are men in long black trench coats that are seen standing outside the car or house staring into the window. My sons would have needed therapy if they had seen this! One scene has these strange men driving up and luring the little boy with their "whispers" to the car to give him a rock---(which we never figured out what all of the rocks' purpose was in the movie.)---much like the scenario that all parents cringe to even think about our kids talking to strangers in a car! The ending is truly stupid! Everybody in the theater just looked at each other with confusion. It was the absolute worst movie I've seen. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY ON THIS MOVIE AND BY ALL MEANS DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO SEE IT!

annika-zaysha
kid, 12 years old
 
Scary horror movie!
Think this movie is scary and grievous with a lot of bloodshed. It's scary to see the girl scratch the numbers and make her nails bleed. It's so scary that I went to sleep one hour later than I usually do thinking about could it happen to me, or could I die, or things like that. It's really a horror movie.

O.B
teen, 14 years old
 
I loved this movie!! it is definately one of my favorite movies but it is NOT for young kids. most 13 year olds will be fine watching it but there are some disturbing scenes and it is a little scary.

cindy-lou
parent of and 10 , 12 , 12 year old
 
just don't go there with kids under 12.
For some reason still unknown to me, my husband and I decided to watch this with the kids. They like Nicholas Cage, and a middle-school friend said the movie was "awesome" and a great family pick. Our 8 year old was terrified about this movie, and it took a lot of talking to her to get her to sleep alone again. As she says, she's now better but "a little bit scarred for life." Our 10 y o twins didn't fare as badly, but it definitely was a poor choice for them as well. As for adults... the special effects are pretty neat and very intense, but all in all there are better movies in this genre.

jrr04012016
teen, 13 years old
 
Christians say NO
If you read the bible, It's the end of earth, but they start over again. As a Christian I don't like it.

TheSuperman765
teen, 16 years old
 
i rate this title ON for ages 11+
The good stuff * Messages: Single parents are shown as loving, concerned, and trustworthy. What to watch out for * Role models: Wracked by grief after the recent death of a loved one, a leading character abuses alcohol on a nightly basis. * Violence: Harrowing accidents are shown in great detail. A plane crashes into a crowded freeway, with bodies, fires, and injuries everywhere; a train speeds out-of-control through New York's Subway system, inflicting destruction, death, and injury. Children are often in grave danger -- from accidents, scary strangers lurking, fire, abduction, and many major events over which they have no control. One little girl is shown bloodied and on the brink of madness in an early scene. Burning animals flee from a fire (one is shown in a disturbing close up). * Sex: Not an issue. * Language: Cursing includes "d--mit," "h--l," "s--t ," and "oh my God." * Consumerism: A scene set in a convenience store shows Pepsi and other products. One Sabrett's hot dog stand is prominently seen on an NYC sidewalk. * Drinking, drugs, & smoking: An otherwise principled character frequently drinks to excess when depressed.

andy45
teen, 14 years old
 
wowzers
could have been better i agree the images were disturbing but they were tolerable