The Fourth Kind [2009] Movie Reviews on CinemaClock

There are "documentaries" (THE CORPORATION)," moc-umentaries" (DARK SIDE OF THE MOON), and now a completely original form: the shocumentary. And I must admit that it worked, at least for the audience that I sat among -- I was the only person who left during the credits; everyone else just sat there listening, not to a closing tune, but to the voices of people on radio shows saying they saw a UFO. You can't be too hard on this film because it is an original invention stylistically, it does seem t work with a broad audience (they all go home and google the name "Abigail Tyler" to see if the story is true) Finally, it is very easy for the performers in the original footage material to reveal that they are acting, and it is also easy to use a camera technique that makes clear that the footage is fake. They covered their basis well on all fronts. It's also interesting how the "original" film and voices, duplicated alongside the movie footage add credibility to the fear. Without that credibility the movie would be a ghost town. Did it really happen? Well, like the actor-testifiers at the end say: that's up to you to decide. Unlike, of course, the answer to 1+1 you get to make a decision for yourself. That ought to tell you something. Anyway, you don't usually pay ten bucks to form an opinion; you do it for the entertainment. And opinion forming in this film is entertaining.