There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.
| Cast |
Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Elias Koteas, Eric Loren |
| Director |
Olatunde Osunsanmi |
| Screenplay | Olatunde Osunsanmi, Terry Robbins |
| Music | Atli Örvarsson |
| Cinematography | Lorenzo Senatore |
| Editing | Paul Covington |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2010 |
| Produced by | Universal Pictures, Gold Circle Films, Chambara Pictures, Dead Crow Productions, Saga Films, Focus Films, Fourth Kind Productions |
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| Genre | Thriller |
| Language | Mild |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Strong psychological threat and tension. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Amanda de Lange  Fliek met beeldmateriaal oor 'wesens' nie vir banges | 5 |  |
| Box Office Pam Grady Nothing probing to speak of | 0 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 8 |  |
| eye Weekly Elani Deacon it’s easy to spend more time speculating about whether any of the film could be true than actually, you know, watching it. | 5 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Containing a few decent scares but otherwise suffering from its distracting format | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 27 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 99 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While it boasts a handful of shocks, The Fourth Kind is hokey and clumsy and makes its close encounters seem eerily mundane. | 3 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 13361 Netizens Interesting and thrilling | 12 |  |
Average .. 31% | 6 | |