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Knowing

Knowing is Everything

A hard-nosed scientist comes across a document from 50 years ago, with a long series of numbers on it. After careful analysis, he realises that it had predicted every major disaster of the last fifty years... with a few more yet to come. As he races to try and prevent these from happening, and taking care of two females directly connected to the author of the page, he comes to realise that there are mysterious forces working against him. Reviews have been mixed, although the special effects are said to be good.

123 minutes, No persons under 13 (Violence)
Action, Detective/Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, D.G. Maloney, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend, Alan Hopgood, Andrienne Pickering

Director

Alex Proyas

Screenplay

Ryne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White

Music

Marco Beltrami

Cinematography

Simon Duggan

Editing

Richard Learoyd

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Summit Entertainment, Escape Artists, Mystery Clock Cinema, Goldcrest Pictures, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, Wintergreen Productions

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Science fiction, thriller
Language	Mild and infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Several disaster scenes, like accidents, moderate strength
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Infrequent alcohol use
Comments	This movie is very tense and suspenseful and menacing, exciting.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Sara Schieron

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman Alex Proyas' film merits consideration as the silliest apocalyptic pot-boiler of all time, edging out even M. Night Shymalan’s The Happening, with which it shares a certain sense of cosmic determinism: the notion that the Universe is, in fact, talking to you.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs A fun and interesting premise but flawed execution of the related elements.

Metacritic.com27 critics

RottenTomatoes.com151 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Knowing has some interesting ideas and a couple good scenes, but it's weighted down by its absurd plot and over-seriousness.

Internet (IMDB)24447 Netizens There's nothing like Knowing!

Average .. 46%

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