The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008

PG-13

104 min

Crime Drama Horror

Plot Summary

Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) worked at the F.B.I. as partners, a bond between them that led to them becoming lovers. But now they're out of the F.B.I. and have begun new careers. Scully works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Her focus these days is on a young boy with an incurable brain disease. Administration wants to give up on him. Scully, who feels a special bond with the boy, does not. Meanwhile, Mulder's focus is on clipping newspaper articles, throwing pencils into his ceiling and writing about the paranormal. Scully and Mulder are brought together as partners again when a special case requires Mulder's expertise, and Scully is prevailed upon to convince him to help. The case involves a pedophile priest who claims he is having psychic visions regarding the whereabouts of a missing F.B.I. Agent.

5.9

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Cast & Crew

Cast

David Duchovny

as Fox Mulder

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Gillian Anderson

as Dana Scully

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Amanda Peet

as ASAC Dakota Whitney

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Billy Connolly

as Father Joseph Crissman

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Xzibit

as Agent Mosley Drummy

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Mitch Pileggi

as Walter Skinner

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Callum Keith Rennie

as 2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn

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Adam Godley

as Father Ybarra

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Nicki Aycox

as 2nd Victim - Cheryl Cunningham

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Alex Diakun

as Gaunt Man

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Directors

Chris Carter

Director

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Writers

Chris Carter

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Frank Spotnitz

Writer

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Ratings & Reviews

5.9

IMDb Rating

32%

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Technical Details

104 min

Runtime

25 Jul 2008

Release Date

PG-13

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Crime Drama Horror

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