Knowing

 

HEADLINE:  ** Do You Know God? **

TITLE:  KNOWING

Quality:  * * * *     Acceptability:  -1

SUBTITLES:  None

WARNING CODES:

Language:  L

Violence:  VV

Sex:  None

Nudity:  None

 

RATING:  PG-13

RELEASE:  March 20, 2009

TIME:  122 minutes

STARRING:  Nicholas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, Rose Byrne, and Alex Proyas

DIRECTOR:  Alex Proyas

PRODUCERS:  Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Alex Proyas, and Steve Tisch

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  David Alper, David J. Bloomfield, Tropher Dow, Norman Golightly, Steven Jones, Aaron Kaplan, and Sean Perrone

WRITERS:  Ryne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, and Stuart Hazeldine

DISTRIBUTOR:  Summit Entertainment

 

CONTENT:  (CC, BB, FR, L, VV, A, M) Strong Christian worldview with some confusing elements and characters, and controversial eschatology, but including a strong renunciation of a random universe (evolution) and an excellent example of reconciliation; two obscenities, no profanities; no malicious violence, but massive and horrible natural disasters with burning bodies, burning animals and people being crushed, a fatal car accident; no sex; no nudity; alcohol use; no smoking; and, some light deceitfulness.

 

GENRE:  Science Fiction

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Teenagers and adults

 

 

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SUMMARY:  KNOWING is a science fiction thriller starring Nicolas Cage as an MIT professor who tries to avert horrible events he knows are coming. KNOWING is a riveting thriller with astounding special effects and strong Christian elements, but it is too intense for pre-teenagers, with nightmare-inducing visuals

 

IN BRIEF:

 

KNOWING is a science fiction thriller starring Nicolas Cage as John Koestler, an MIT professor. John lives with his elementary school aged son, Caleb. Both were adversely impacted by the death of Caleb's mother in a hotel fire. Caleb's school opens a 50-year-old time capsule containing a page covered with numbers from a tormented young girl. Caleb asks John if the numbers are some kind of code. John scoffs at the idea, but then realizes the terrorist attack on 09/11 is part of the numbers. John's atheist understanding of the universe is further shaken when some of the final numbers on the sheet reveal future catastrophes complete with their location and casualty count. From this point, the suspense builds as he tries to avert horrible events he knows are coming.

 

KNOWING is a riveting thriller with astounding special effects and an even more astounding plot. Cage gives a really good performance. KNOWING contains strong Christian elements, but the focus is more on an all-knowing God rather than an all-loving one. While very entertaining and thought provoking, KNOWING is not a movie for children, because it is extremely intense with nightmare-inducing visuals.