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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDark, funny, paranoid, arbitrary, humming with tamped-down eroticism and in love with all things weird: That's the good news.
- 80Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanLike the TV show, The X-Files movie is stylish, scary, sardonically funny and at times just plain gross.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAs pure movie, The X-Files more or less works. As a story, it needs a sequel, a prequel, and Cliff Notes.
- 70The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsIt's a smart, exciting, involving film that's true to its source, which is all it really needs to be.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranWith its shrewd mixture of paranoia and the paranormal, the way its elaborate mythology combines enigmatic phenomena with potent cabals intent on running the world, The X-Files experience resembles "Twin Peaks" crossed with "The Twilight Zone."
- 60SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinThe X-Files isn't so much a bad movie as it is a crackerjack piece of television. It's crisply made--not sodden like many of the "Star Trek" pictures. But it's as annoyingly open-ended as the rest of the series' episodes.
- 60EmpireEmpireThe X-Files can stand proud as a genuine movie with a beginning, a middle and an end, two charismatic leads and a franchise ahead of it.
- 50The New YorkerThe New YorkerUltimately disappointing--it's bigger budgeted, but somehow less engrossing when played outside the solitary intimacy of the tube. It'll be a great video flick.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyFalls somewhere in between standing on its own feet as a real movie worth the price of a ticket and merely being a glorified TV episode refitted for theaters.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghEssentially a supersize episode that ignores a slew of fifth-season developments and adds yet another monster to the mix, one that owes a striking debt to "Alien."