Film

Bless the Child

2000 · 1h 47m · Drama · Horror · Thriller

Mankind's last hope just turned six.

IMDb

5.1

Rotten Tomatoes

4%

Metacritic

17

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.

Kim Basinger

Maggie O'Connor

Jimmy Smits

Agent John Travis

Rufus Sewell

Eric Stark

Ian Holm

Reverend Grissom

Angela Bettis

Jenna

Holliston Coleman

Cody

Christina Ricci

Cheri Post

Lumi Cavazos

Sister Rosa

Michael Gaston

Det. Frank Bugatti

Eugene Lipinski

Stuart

Dimitra Arliss

Dahnya

Anne Betancourt

Maria

Helen Stenborg

Sister Joseph

Matthew Lemche

New Dawn Kid at Van

Dan Warry-Smith

New Dawn Kid

Elisabeth Rosen

New Dawn Kid

• Chuck RussellDirector
• Clifford GreenScreenplay
• Ellen GreenScreenplay
• Thomas RickmanScreenplay
• Cathy Cash SpellmanNovel
• Mace NeufeldProducer
• Lis KernExecutive Producer
• Bruce DaveyExecutive Producer
• Robert RehmeExecutive Producer
• Peter Menzies Jr.Director of Photography

Official Trailer

Release date

August 11, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$40,443,010

Genres

Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime

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