Not bad but you'll be disappointed that Mulder and Scully don't even work together. She is just a surgeon who only cares about using stem cell research to save a sick boy.
While Mulder works with the F.B.I. on a Frankstein like case looking for a killer who is killing people for limbs. So yeah, the first movie is much better.

This is a weird one for me...

I didn't especially care for this one when I saw it the first time, but when I saw a few years later it was an ok distraction. Now? Well...after just finishing season nine of the series, this is actually quite good, but that isn't really the truth since the ninth season of the X-files is a shit show of preposterous dimensions.

When the show was at its prime, I Want to Believe is a mediocre episode at the worst and a filler at best. Yet...It has its moments, and Gillian Anderson is as lovely as ever, so it's not a total disaster.

If you are a fan of the series it's required viewing. If not you can safely skip it.

The movie itself isn`t that bad. It just isn´t that much of an x-files movie. And this is not because it hasn´t got any of the mythology of the series. The story would have worked with two generic FBI Agents instead of Mulder and Scully. But I liked the scenes they both had together this did something for the whole story of the charasters and their relationship.

where are the aliens? lol jk, it was good tho a little disappointing.

A ~2 hour episode of X-Files. For someone that loved the show it's like a big drink of water after wandering in the desert for many many years.

What a disappointment. Granted, as uninspired, derivative, pointless, and boring as this film is, it's a large step up from the ninth season of The X-Files.

Watching this film is unnecessary unless you hate yourself like I apparently do and watch it while revisiting the series. If you've fond memories of The X-Files - my sincere advice is to let the past remain there.

In conjunction with The X-Files, this rating is closer to a 1 than a 3. On it's own, it's a mid 2 below average film and still not recommended.

Aside: I normally don't do this, but while all the actors, outside of the male lead, do what they can with the weakest of materials, the individual embarrassingly referring to themselves as "Xzibit" stands out as both miscast and wholly terrible.

The X-Files tv show spoilers [spoiler] The film acknowledges Mulder being officially on the run from the finale (even though there was an illegal trial and no body, so i don't see how officially he could still be on the run). But the film ignores Scully and Mulder being unofficially on the run from the show finale, as the alien groups and human conspirators were out to get them. Nevermind. I guess the lack of evidence is why the FBI is so ready to drop the official charges. [/spoiler]

Other than that, i don't have much to say about this movie. It's okay. I like Mulder and Scully, and [spoiler] the Skinner cameo. [/spoiler] The plot wasn't that good, and neither were the others character apart from the priest, but it didn't feel like he was in it a lot. Scully should have been involved in the main plot more.

Good movie and much better than I expected because of the reviews: a Russian with lung cancer is kidnapping women (one of them a FBI agent) so that his doctor can "switch bodies" thanks to stem cell transplantation.

Although I liked the movie, for me it has nothing to do with the X-Files besides Scully and Mulder's starring and I was constantly reminded of "The Crimson Rivers" (although I don't know why exactly ;-)).

It just didn't feel like an X-File.

Enormous background, big expactations and... mid-class thriller :)

It was an overall good movie but is nothing more than a mediocre MOTW episode. Scully and Mulder were the best as usual!

A mundane tale of the macabre, _The X-Files: I Want to Believe_ is a pointless epilogue to a once great television series. After several years of living in exile, former FBI agent Fox Mulder is offered clemency in exchange for assisting in an abduction case. Unfortunately the story has nothing to do with the series mythology and barely touches on anything paranormal. Still, there are some interesting questions posed about faith and redemption. And the cast is fairly strong, featuring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, and Billy Connolly. However, the characters are largely underdeveloped; especially Mulder and Scully. _The X-Files: I Want to Believe_ is a weak and uninspired thriller that adds nothing to the series.

I knew this movie was not well received, but this is something else...
What were they thinking? This is all they came up with after 10 years (since the first film and well... 6 years after Season 9)?

Avoid this movie, watch the first one and the Show and skip straight to Seasion 10.
It's just boring, pointless, cringe and has barely anything to do with the X-Files, except the Cast.