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The Mothman Prophecies
2002
· Movie
· 119 min
D
MEANRANK
59/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4130
- IMDb #3665
- Google retired #2712
- Rotten Tomatoes #3482
- Metacritic #3153
- Letterboxd #3902
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3706
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3630
- Metacritic Critics #3215
- Metacritic Audience #2913
- Criticker #2788
- Kinopoisk #3123
- AlloCiné #4497
- Trakt #4224
Every rating
37–80
out of 100
A Washington D.C. journalist is drawn to a small West Virginia town after a personal tragedy. He discovers the community is being plagued by sightings of a mysterious, winged creature known as the Mothman. These bizarre encounters are accompanied by terrifying premonitions and phone calls containing seemingly impossible information, leading him to investigate the phenomenon and its ominous connection to an impending disaster.
Details
- Director
- Mark Pellington
- Writer
- Richard Hatem
- Based on
- The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel
- Studio
- Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment
- Released
- 25 January 2002
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $32.0M
- Box office
- $55.3M
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