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** Stark's attempts to inculcate evil in Cody are unintentionally funny not only because they fail every time, but also because she is an autist and thus cannot understand the philosophical musings he insists to produce.
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* StarDerailingRole: With the exception of 2004's ''Film/{{Cellular}}'', Creator/KimBasinger would never be the lead in a mainstream, widely released motion picture again. ''Bless the Child'' is in particular, noteworthy because it was one of the two films (the other being ''Film/IDreamedOfAfrica'', which similarly underperformed both critically and commercially) that she chose to follow-up her [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy Award]] winning performance in ''Film/LAConfidential'' with. Since this time, virtually all of Basinger's on-screen performances have either been in low-budget, limited released, independent films or small, low-key supporting roles for a [[MoneyDearBoy quick paycheck]]. Arguably, the most notable of these being ''Film/EightMile'' (which reunited her with her ''LA Confidential'' director, Creator/CurtisHanson) and ''Film/FiftyShadesDarker'', which earned Basinger a [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Raspberry Award]] for Worst Supporting Actress.
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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/PeterMensah as an amusingly cliche and possibly literal AlmightyJanitor.
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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/PeterMensah as an amusingly cliche cliché and possibly literal AlmightyJanitor.
* StarDerailingRole: With the exception of 2004's ''Film/{{Cellular}}'', Creator/KimBasinger would never be the lead in a mainstream, widely released motion picture again. ''Bless the Child'' is in particular, noteworthy because it was one of the two films (the other being ''Film/IDreamedOfAfrica'', which similarly underperformed both critically and commercially) that she chose to follow-up her [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy Award]] winning performance in ''Film/LAConfidential'' with. Since this time, virtually all of Basinger's on-screen performances have either been in low-budget, limited released, independent films or small, low-key supporting roles for a [[MoneyDearBoy quick paycheck]]. Arguably, the most notable of these being ''Film/EightMile'' (which reunited her with her ''LA Confidential'' director, Creator/CurtisHanson) and ''Film/FiftyShadesDarker'', which earned Basinger a [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Raspberry Award]] for Worst Supporting Actress.
* StarDerailingRole: With the exception of 2004's ''Film/{{Cellular}}'', Creator/KimBasinger would never be the lead in a mainstream, widely released motion picture again. ''Bless the Child'' is in particular, noteworthy because it was one of the two films (the other being ''Film/IDreamedOfAfrica'', which similarly underperformed both critically and commercially) that she chose to follow-up her [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy Award]] winning performance in ''Film/LAConfidential'' with. Since this time, virtually all of Basinger's on-screen performances have either been in low-budget, limited released, independent films or small, low-key supporting roles for a [[MoneyDearBoy quick paycheck]]. Arguably, the most notable of these being ''Film/EightMile'' (which reunited her with her ''LA Confidential'' director, Creator/CurtisHanson) and ''Film/FiftyShadesDarker'', which earned Basinger a [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Raspberry Award]] for Worst Supporting Actress.
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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/PeterMensah as an amusingly cliche and possibly literal AlmightyJanitor.
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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/PeterMensah as an amusingly cliche and possibly literal AlmightyJanitor.AlmightyJanitor.
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** [[SpecialEffectsFailure The incredibly fake CGI demons.]]
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** Basinger's [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl incredibly high-pitched screams]] when she finds the body of Christina Ricci's character.
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* CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold on Cody.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: (in the film) Catholicism is good, Atheism is bad, and Satanism is worse.
* CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold onCody.Cody.
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** Stark's attempts to inculcate evil in Cody are unintentionally funny not only because they fail every time, but also because she is an autist and thus cannot understand the philosophical musings he insists to produce.
** The Satanists's lair touches all the religion's stereotypes: punk youngsters, bloody Goths, cloaked henchmen, ectstatic partygoers, human bones everywhere, and a vandalized, inverted Christ statue. It only lacks a BlackMetal band playing in the background to be completely impossible to take seriously.
* OneSceneWonder: Creator/PeterMensah as an amusingly cliche and possibly literal AlmightyJanitor.
* CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold on
* {{Narm}}:
** Stark's attempts to inculcate evil in Cody are unintentionally funny not only because they fail every time, but also because she is an autist and thus cannot understand the philosophical musings he insists to produce.
** The Satanists's lair touches all the religion's stereotypes: punk youngsters, bloody Goths, cloaked henchmen, ectstatic partygoers, human bones everywhere, and a vandalized, inverted Christ statue. It only lacks a BlackMetal band playing in the background to be completely impossible to take seriously.
* OneSceneWonder: Creator/PeterMensah as an amusingly cliche and possibly literal AlmightyJanitor.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Very few are aware of the book.
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* CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold on Cody.
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* TheyJustDidntCare: From adapting out the important plot points of the original novel to adapting out so many different characters, It's pretty obvious that the detector never read the original novel.
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* CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold on Cody.
* TheyJustDidntCare: From adapting out the important plot points of the original novel to adapting out so many different characters, It's pretty obvious that the detector never read the original novel.Cody.
* TheyJustDidntCare: From adapting out the important plot points of the original novel to adapting out so many different characters, It's pretty obvious that the detector never read the original novel.
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* TheyJustDidn'tCare: From adapting out the important plot points of the original novel to adapting out so many different characters, It's pretty obvious that the detector never read the original novel.
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* CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold on Cody.
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* CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold on Cody.Cody.
* TheyJustDidn'tCare: From adapting out the important plot points of the original novel to adapting out so many different characters, It's pretty obvious that the detector never read the original novel.
* TheyJustDidn'tCare: From adapting out the important plot points of the original novel to adapting out so many different characters, It's pretty obvious that the detector never read the original novel.
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*CompleteMonster: Eric Stark is a [[HollywoodSatanism Satanist]] and {{cult}} leader who is trying to find a "special" empowered child by kidnapping kids born on a certain time of a certain day as a prophecy foretells, testing them for powers and [[WouldHurtAChild murdering them]] when they fail. In public, Stark's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity status as the leader of a self-help quasi-religious group keeps him from drawing scrutiny]]. When he kidnaps his new wife's daughter Cody from her aunt Mim, Stark believes he has found the child he needs and proceeds to try to break her faith in goodness, while encouraging her to [[ManOnFire burn a homeless man alive]]. When Cody refuses, Stark burns the man himself out of spite. Stark and his men kill other people during the film and when Cody and Mim are reunited, Stark furiously attempts to gun both down rather than surrender his hold on Cody.
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* MisaimedFandom: The film was touching enough for some people to take it for gospel, believing that the girl exists and is the second coming. See [[TroperTales/BlessTheChild Troper Tales]]
