The Prodigy is an often chilling and disturbing – if not particularly meaningful or impactful – horror movie weighed down its by derivative plot. While the resulting film generally succeeds at being macabre, it doesn’t go far enough to really break the mold for its subgenre. ” …adds a twist where it concerns the cause of the child’s unsettling behavior. Starring: Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Colm Feore. They wind him up, and expect viewers to be impressed, because hey, Violent Children are creepy! Unfortunately, the film’s scare scenes aren’t even well-executed.” ” …if there’s something wrong with Miles, it’s that his creators don’t do much with him. The Prodigy streaming: where to watch online Currently you are able to watch 'The Prodigy' streaming on Fandor, fuboTV, DIRECTV, Spectrum On Demand, AMC Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, EPIX Amazon Channel. In the end, The Prodigy fails to build up enough momentum to be scary, and only manages to be sad and pointless.” Polygon A mother concerned about her young sons disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

There’s no explanation given for why Miles or why this family, so it feels more like a parade of mild misery. Cast & Crew Nicholas McCarthyDirector Taylor SchillingCast Colm FeoreCast Jackson Robert ScottCast Peter Moone圜ast Jeff BuhlerScreenplay Brittany Allen. “ The Prodigy tells us too much too early, and misses out on important details.

The film was released in the United States on Februby Orion Pictures. “It’s an unscary scary movie that quickly abandons the very thing that might have made it interesting (ie, the disturbing quality of childhood genius – which is to say, the thing in the title) in favour of tiresome jump scares, bad child acting, bad grownup acting and untied plot strands designed to facilitate a terrible franchise, like The Conjuring or Insidious.” The Guardian The cast of the film consists of Taylor Schilling, Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, Peter Mooney, Jackson Robert Scott, and Oluniké Adeliyi.

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