Bless the Child

Bless the Child

★ 5.4IMDb Score
Released:2000-08-11
Duration:107 min
Director:Chuck Russell
Actors:Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm, Angela Bettis
Production:Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) BTC Productions, Paramount Pictures, Icon Productions

Overview:

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

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