If they made an extended, bigger budget version of The Sopranos everyone would love it.

So this, an extended, bigger budget version of the second greatest TV series ever is predictably pretty damn good.

I love The X-Files.

They even almost have a snog.

Although, it's always occurred to me that if Mulder or Scully had just carried a fucking camera their lives would be much simpler.

Comes across as an end-of-season double episode that's been pimped a little, it's business as usual for Mulder and Scully. Only it cost us more money to watch. Money that, incidently, wasn't spent on the creature effects, which were a bit ropey. The rest of the film looks nice enough and Martin Landau's appearance is solid. I seem to remember this being marketed at the time overtly about the will they/won't they kiss mystery. Says it all really, as there's nothing here that's not perfectly well covered in the duration of multiple series. Also, when will the FBI finally release the secret papers from Mulder's yearly employment review that reveal the KPIs that he hits that let him keep his job year after year? FBI HR dept. get great value for tax payer's dollars!

With cinematic production values allowing for showier-than-television cinematography and gorier-than-television special effects, and a cinematic rating allowing for spicier language, "The X-Files" offers a slight departure from its television-based forebear. The film, overall, is a slick science fiction adventure that, taken as a stand-alone film, is pretty standard stuff. Fans of the series will doubtlessly enjoy seeing their favorite FBI agents in 2.35 to 1 aspect ratio; nonfans will most likely take it or leave it.

As it failed to win over new fans upon its release during the summer of 1998, the cinematic adaptation of the massively popular show is a moderately entertaining success.

The plot is thin and lacks any sort of surprise but it's packed with blockbuster-style spectacle, a self-referential humour and cements the superbly judged charisma between Duchovny and Anderson. Unfortunately, it was cursed with a PG-13 rating so it lacks the creepiness and oddness that made the show so damn essential.

Still, it's worth digging back out for a trip down geek nostalgia lane. Shame about I Want To Believe though which buried any hopes of a possible franchise.

Anything X-Files really just does it for me.

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As it failed to win over new fans upon its release during the summer of 1998, the cinematic adaptation of the massively popular show is a moderately entertaining success.

The plot is thin and lacks any sort of surprise but it's packed with blockbuster-style spectacle, a self-referential humour and cements the superbly judged charisma between Duchovny and Anderson. Unfortunately, it was cursed with a PG-13 rating so it lacks the creepiness and oddness that made the show so damn essential.

Still, it's worth digging back out for a trip down geek nostalgia lane. Shame about I Want To Believe though which buried any hopes of a possible franchise.

Overlong episode, but decent

Had an early night & this was on TV. I've not seen this in a few years but I do like it. OK so its basically an extended episode but being a big X-Files fan back in the day, whats not to like.

I've always been a big fan of The X-Files film - it delivers the grandeur of a major film while still being directed towards fans of the television show. Mulder and Scully's relationship is portrayed so much better here after the disjointed fifth season, which is refreshing. I always enjoyed the romantic aspect of their glances and touches, but I also appreciated the fact that it never became a major plot point in the early seasons. Anyway, Fight the Future (as it later became known) is a great film and shows just how well The X-Files concept transfers to the big screen.

The bridge between "The End" which closes out season 5, and "The Beginning" which opens season 6.

Kind of similar to watching Pirates #2 in that on its own is kinda pointless, but if you're a fan of the whole then it gives you extra snippets of goodness to make up the whole.

Thumbs up, but once every decade when the box sets get dusted off.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.