Indigo (2003) User Reviews (33)

Great concept great effort but directing remedial

[traveln1-1 · 6/10 · 30 January 2005]

The movie delivers what one expects mostly related to spiritual elements of Indigo children and the message gets across quite well but sadly enough the directing is so amateurish that most of us left feeling like it was not of any caliber close to What Dreams May Come or What the Bleep... and felt more like a cheesy TV episode of Saved by an Angel or Bewitched shot on video. The acting was remedial except for Walsh who was able to do a nice job but the directing was almost as bad as some student and amateur films but something not expected from a film from a producer of such great movies that must know a few good DPs and actors that would sign on to the project. But it was a decent effort but not one that i would recommend people go spending 10 bucks on at a theater.

Maybe their next film will be of a higher budget and spend more time focusing on the children rather than some dramatic family story that had little entertainment value. Personally id rather seen a them put together a documentary style film to bring more value to the subject but maybe it will inspire other filmmakers to take this grass roots movement to the mainstream and not do it like some X files children that are going to tell us when a tire is going to blow out or cure people of Alzheimer's which is feasible but is probably going to make people believe they can walk on water like Jesus.

ANd i agree with some comments on here that gifted children have always been a part of history and these children just happen to be born more common because we have the internet and world news so that people are more aware of such facts, be it a new dimension happening in 2012 or whatever spiritual chatter but regardless one thing is very clear - humans need to wake up and be more peaceful, loving and balanced to one another and the planet, to avoid more conflicts and hatred and most of all war.

Peace and keep up the good work towards new spiritual grass root films!!

Sets unrealistic expectations of Indigo children

[object22 · 5/10 · 31 January 2005]

I heard this movie was made for only $500,000 and shot in only 3 weeks or so. Keeping this in mind I feel on a technical level they did the best they could with such limited resources. I know if they had more money and time they could have gotten better actors or at least better performances out of the existing ones (i did notice most of the smaller roles seemed to have better actors than the major roles hmmm).

My biggest concern about this film is that it sets unrealistic expectations of the capabilities of indigo children. The girl in the film professes that she is actually at the lower end of the ability scale and that there are others much more gifted than herself.

I feel it would have been more fair to say she was more gifted than most and that the gifts of most indigo children actually center around having a more general deep intuitiveness and spiritual knowledge.

I worry that most people will now dismiss or overlook the indigo phenomenon when they don't see children running around predicting the future, healing the sick and communicating telepathically with other indigo children around the world via the etheric web.

A Celebration of Indigo Children and the new phenomenon of heightened consciousness in children.

[sweetemotions10 · 1/10 · 1 February 2005]

I have known of the story of the Indigo Children for quite some time now, and I have run across cases that seem genuine as well as cases that seem fraudulent. This movie is the latter. Riding the success of the far better "What the Bleep do We Know?" "Indigo" jumps on the new-age bandwagon by making a film, essentially, about super-children. This is not the purpose of the idea of Indigo Children.

The Indigo Children are a new wave of children enjoying a maturity and a sensitivity unusual even in most adults. These children are great teachers, and they bring a childlike innocence back to the idea of wisdom. It is refreshing to see wisdom untainted by a jaded adult perspective in these children.

"Indigo," however, with its ludicrous plot and its poor acting, never substantiates any of its information. It merely tells us the story of a super-child who has control over everything. Ironically, the idea of control over anything is contrary to the very idea of wisdom. The filmmakers will tell you, before the film, that it was not dumbed down. I equate this with Nixon telling us he wasn't a crook. The film is completely dumbed down.

I love the story of the Indigo Children, and I cannot do anything but hope that most of the cases are true, because, if they are, these children represent a new wave of society that is very promising. "Indigo," however, represents one of the worst and most misrepresentative films I have ever seen. I was expecting a semi-documentary, looking at real cases of Indigo Children and the parents and guardians who have lived with them. Alas, this was not the case. I actually almost walked out, and I have never walked out or even considered walking out on a film before. I hope, for all of our sakes and for the reputation of Indigo Children, most people will give this one a pass.

What a waste

[lisaclovis · 3/10 · 17 June 2005]

I'd never heard of indigo children until a month ago, and just happened to see this movie while browsing at the video store. I thought it might help me learn a little more about this phenomenon.

Five minutes into the movie, I was sure it must have been a made-for-TV movie. Ten minutes into the movie, I was sure it was a really bad made-for-TV movie. Fifteen minutes into the movie, I was tempted to turn it off.

Technically speaking, the soundtrack was nothing but irritating. There was sappy violin music playing louder than the dialog. Add to that the fact that the grandfather whispered most of his lines, and you have a recipe for real irritation. My finger was worn out by the movie's end, having to continually raise and lower the volume.

The script was unoriginal and predictable, reminding me of a story a 6th grader might write. The movie taught me only one thing about indigo children, and that is the origin of the term (indigo for their "aura"). Beyond that, I'm supposed to believe there are a bunch of Jesus-like children in the world, healing the sick and seeing the future? If that's so, why has there been no media about these miracles? Better they should have interviewed some 'real' indigo children and their families, so we'd get a true sense of them and what they think and can do.

This movie was a big disappointment.

Indigo is not wonderful but has more positive message than 95% of Hollywood Films

[ekd1998 · 7/10 · 4 February 2005]

The Indigo movie was not well done. There were artistic problems with the movie and it did not live up to the hype. That said I would prefer watching INDIGO with a community of spiritual seekers than to go to 95% of Hollywood films. Hollywood's hold on the movie going audience is more of a problem to me than Indigo. I agree that Indgio was not comparable with What the bleep do we know. But I think the director's have the right idea. Indigo children is a fascinating subject and the movie did not do it justice. I do think that Donald Neale Walsch's acting was good and some of the scenery in the movie was very beautiful. I think that we should strive for excellence in what we do and I wish that the director's and producers could have worked harder to make a more artistic film. I still am glad I went and would rather watch a movie like Indigo that is about redemption than the exploitation that we are exposed to daily in the media and especially Hollywood movies. I liked seeing ordinary people portrayed on screen instead of women that all look like the mainstream idea of beauty. There was a lot of beauty in the film that was not hard to find. I encourage the producers and directors of Indigo to try again make a better film but I feel my money was well spent by going to see Indigo I have spent much money on typical Hollywood films and felt ripped off but I was not at all ripped of financially by Indigo. I would gladly give more that ten bucks to people who really want to raise the level of healing and spirituality in this time of violence and war that we are constantly exposed to. I took my 12 year old daughter and she was interested in the film but did not seem to feel enlightened by it. She thought the actress who portrayed Grace was Slick. I would give Indgio an A for effort and a D for artistry.

What is good in it?

[ltheunis · 3/10 · 13 February 2005]

I visited the showing of Indigo in Amsterdam and I invited six friends to join me. Stimulated by the emails, the announcements from the Spiritual Cinema Circle and a trailer-DVD that was sent to me, I had high expectations. That was my first mistake and it reminded me not to expect anything in life. I agree with most of the negative comments about the movie and I am not going to repeat them. I would like to add the following:

1. The indigo child was turned into a super child by combining several rare but proved traits in one character. That made her as unrealistic as Raymond Rabbit (Dustin Hoffman) in Rain Man. The negative effect of this mistake is that viewers can no longer identify themselves with indigo children. They would think "they are definitely not me" rather than attempting to discover aspects of indigo children in themselves.

2. All interesting story lines came to a happy end when Ray (Neale Donald Walsch) prevented the indigo child Grace from being kidnapped by her father. Helas, that already happened after 10 minutes! The rest of the time was killed by driving to a safe place and smart answers of the super child.

3. In one of the last scenes a police agent showed up who appears to have stolen the money. Was that a coincidence too stupid to be true, the work of the super child or a failed attempt to correct a mistake in the script?

I don't mind the bad casting and acting. After all this is a low budget movie. But if you take that out, it is still a bad movie, technically and spiritually. Therefore I don't think it serves the producers to continue the one-sided promotion of the movie on their website and in their press releases. If they are lucky, this might only help them financially in the short term. But it will definitely ruin their reputation in the long term, which would be a pity for the spiritual community and the society as a whole.

The good things I see in this movie are the raising of awareness for indigo children and the learning experience.

Hopefully, the stakeholders are more critical privately than they demonstrate publicly. Only then their new project, a film about Neale Donald Walsch, can become successful.

But I could be wrong. Let's see.

A Very WOW occasion

[john-1869 · 10/10 · 3 February 2005]

We held the screening of this film as an event to honour these amazing kids that are around now. The film did an excellent job of introducing the concept into a wider audience than the regular spiritually minded people who would probably have known about this stuff. Some of the scenery was stunning and the story line spoke to every father, mother, daughter,son who has been part of a family system wrecked by emotional unavailability of the members. The influence which Grace had in helping heal these rifts was very real. I am a father of 6 children who also abandoned my older children due to obsessive work and alcohol addiction before I eventually 'woke up'. Then my wife and I were blessed with one of these Indigo's (our little son David) and a 'Crystal' (our daughter Rachel). I now realise that their energies were partly responsible for bringing my wife and I to awakening and now the whole family has healed. After the movie our 25 year old son, who has recently left the Army, gave me a giant hug for the first time in his adult life and said, 'Dad, I didn't know what all this stuff was about that you got into when you changed your life around until this movie and event has shown me and I am very proud of you'. That real life situation shows the power of this movie for those who are ready to receive its blessings. Well done to all the team at The Beloved Community for putting it all together!.

Indigo like its name

[jgl-1 · 3/10 · 2 April 2005]

I was disappointed in this film as the film did not live up to its intro. A great premise was marred by bad acting and uneven production values. Make no mistake, the premise for this film is compelling. While the film makes a fairly good case, the idea and need to further study and discuss the subject matter of indigo children (thanks to the intro) the film just doesn't deliver! It certainly seems that the producers are trying to feed off of their first born in this genre, "What the Bleep Do We Know..., Like Bleep it promises existentialist views of rather unexplained events and experiences in our life with a spin that was thought provoking and entertaining. A better film could have done that. Come on guys - don't kill a great start!

Inspired by INDIGO

[trustinglife · 10/10 · 3 February 2005]

I love movies that inspire me. And this one did. I love how INDIGO was distributed - with the exception of the 100 AMC theaters that showed the film on one day at one time, INDIGO was only shown when a community requested it and agreed to have at least 50 people come. To me, that's amazing. When was the last time you saw a new film with a whole community of people?

I love, too, that the spiritual content was not watered down or shied away from. I had fun watching Meghan, the girl who played Grace. I would have loved to see even more of the inner workings of her character, of what it was like to be her.

This film had a $500,000 budget. For a small independent film to work on that kind of budget and produce what it did - it's just amazing. I'm impressed, inspired, and looking forward to seeing many more spiritual films like INDIGO.

Nonsense

[jruwaldt · 1/10 · 25 April 2005]

This is a very clever marketing scheme to give parents the opportunity to claim their children's inability to fit in is evidence of their being at a higher level of human evolution. No more ADD/ADHD! Instead they're...indigo. While it's necessary to accept people who are different and recognize what special skills they may have, it does them a disservice to ascribe to them mystical powers that aren't identified by any scientist. It only serves to isolate them further, by making them into freaks, even if they're "superior" freaks. People with ADD/ADHD apparently make good executives, because they're impatient when other people start discussing things, and they'd rather make their own decisions, which they have sufficient confidence to feel are correct. We should be fostering these abilities, not encouraging use of their "net" or their "healing touch," unless studies can demonstrate that such things exist. I am also curious as to how this phenomenon of "indigo children" can be so widespread but have escaped the attention of the mainstream media and psychological journals. Not only haven't the journals published articles on indigos, which could simply be the result of a "bias" among scientists, but there haven't even been editorials or letters, or, if there are, they aren't appearing in PsycInfo, which appears to be the most prominent psychological database. In the mainstream news media, the only articles have been about the film and the book. Other than that, there have been no comments on it, which suggests to me that Tappe developed this concept out of thin air, and plenty of people were gullible enough to buy it.

Even ignoring the fact that this film tried to preach a non-existent message, it wasn't even a very good show. The acting was what you'd expect for such a script, but the plot was terrible and existed only to showcase the girl's "special gifts." This film is only recommended if you believe that what science hasn't disproven must be real.

p. u.

[ecosgrove · 1/10 · 31 January 2005]

This movie has all the intellectual intensity of an Afterschool Special. Poor acting, poor characterization, poor dialog, too much overbearing music, too long. I am sympathetic to the message, but please, treating your audience like idiots with melodramatic drivel is a poor way to get that message across. I did not care about the characters, there was way too much driving-in-the-car filler, I could not believe that such a beautiful, stable woman would love the Walsch character, I did not know or care about either of his children. The only good parts were the ones Grace was in, but we had to wait a long time before she appeared. I feel badly that Twyman uses fictionalizes this very real and blessed condition--by doing so he makes it much less believable. Don't think that kids will like it because it's about Indigo children. Don't waste their time or yours. We need more movies on topics like these, but if films like this become the standard, all of humanity is in trouble!

NOT the next "What the Bleep"

[kstrain1 · 1/10 · 17 July 2005]

My girlfriend rented this movie because our friends hosted official screenings while we were out of the country, and we were somewhat curious. Basically, it's horrible. Terrible acting, hilariously bad soap opera writing, and nails on the chalkboard pacing are the least of its problems. After wasting a small portion of my precious life watching this, with it's inserted "spiritual" moments bookended by standard Hollywood movie clichés, we watched the introduction and closing comments from the trio who created it.

They smugly proclaim this movie to be the next "What the Bleep", and tell how all kids should watch this. First of all, it's an insult to characterize this as the next "WTB", this is the most amateur hour, half baked and overcooked drama I've seen in ages. Second, kids don't really need to see more bad cop, angry adults, drug deal gone awry garbage, not even for illustration purposes. "WTB" had none of this stuff - Indigo has precious little to do with our day to day lives as people on our paths of self discovery. We don't need to feed ourselves or our children this negative imagery to contrast something "positive" - that's what Hollywood does day in and day out.

Second, the zero humility trio positively drool over "Indigo" children, and the director even infers that his child is an Indigo child, with her wise "Whatever!" comebacks. They don't realize that all they are doing is letting children be themselves, without jamming cultural mores down their throats, and POOF!, you've got an Indigo child. I was a pretty freaky kid myself, I think most of us are, some probably more than others - so what.

It's all a big spiritual pat on the back for the "creators" of this moneymaking venture, and watching them stroke their own egos for an introduction, is more fun than sitting through the "film" (it's shot on HD) itself. Their fatuous praise is voluminous enough to make up for the lack of it here on IMDb.

BTW, I've been in the film business as a boom operator for 12 years, have seen tons of good and bad acting and writing, and this film takes the cake. I was torn between laughing and screaming at the screen, especially when the creators talked about how wonderful their film is, instead of letting it stand on its own merits, which are all but absent. Their assumption that they could make a POS about spirituality and sell it with a slick underground marketing campaign was correct. Crap isn't just mainstream, it's spiritual too!

And Hollywood HAS made interesting spiritual films, like "Contact", "I Heart Huckabees", "Donnie Darko", "The Sixth Sense", "Phenomenon", "Waking Life", and "Powder'. Even the lousy "Revenge of the Sith" has more spiritual common sense than this film.

Tastes Like Sugar, Smells Like ... (mild spoilers)

[maximumhong · 3/10 · 30 January 2005]

Having no real previous exposure to the idea of "Indigo Children," I agreed to catch a screening of this movie written by two 'spiritual gurus' of our times, Neal Donald Walsh (Conversations with God) and James Twyman.

The screening was held at a local Unity church, which is an organization branched from the New Thought movement. I had never been to a Unity church, so this was also a new experience for me.

The basic plot centers around a little girl with special powers and her chemistry with her cynical grandfather. Through allegory, we are presented the recycled messianic ideology of "Indigo Children." Basically, these children have psi abilities, and they are able to heal with their hands. They communicate with each other via a psychic energy grid, they can see dead people, and they have 'indigo' auras. What I can piece together of the general theory behind IC is that Mother Nature has taken an extreme leap of evolution to create 'superkids' capable of saving us from ourselves. At least that is my impression via this film.

It all seems a bit airy-fairy to me, but first to the technical/artistic notes.

The film suffers from lack of artistic depth. Regardless of who is directing (Stephen Simon, who produced the brilliant and somewhat depressing film Somewhere in Time), it feels like a made-for-Lifetime-TV movie, but worse. The acting - by nearly everyone involved - is cardboard dry and occasionally eye-rollingly dorky. No character has any real conviction, though the little girl sure is cute (and for a child actress, fairly talented). Like a high-school play, everyone is simply going through the motions and playing out their lines. I wasn't expecting Werner Herzog or even Stephen Soderburg, but one expects more than basic home computer editing for a $10 price tag (and no Popcorn!). It also didn't help that it wasn't presented in the correct aspect ratio, so everybody was 'long' throughout the film (this was the Church's fault, not the film's, but it was still irritating).

I looked up "Indigo Children" and the protagonist plays the part well enough, with some miraculous 'psi' enhancements. It's a charming little attraction, this indigo meme. But I just don't buy it. The idea that certain children have special abilities that nobody else has makes for great comic book and pulp SF reading, but when it's used to peddle a corny, new age ideology, it wears a bit thin. Sure, I believe in the possibility of psi abilities, of spiritual evolution and unexplained phenomena, but I simply cannot believe that Mother Nature would speed up evolution to the degree that our children become our super-saviors. It sounds nice, but it's a cop out for not wanting to feel guilty or responsible ourselves.

Anyone's entitled to their beliefs, of course. While somewhat more convincing than the 'charged water' karma-busting computer treatments that were peddled via the New Thought circuit a few years ago (SANCTUARY), the candy-coated sweetness of this subtly fascist approach to spirituality makes it all the more important to stop this meme and get on to something with some real depth and intelligence.

zzzzzzzz.

Powerful Remembering

[jobro-1 · 10/10 · 3 February 2005]

Indigo is a wonderful movie, that appeals to all ages as essentially it is a movie about "remembering" the wonderful love within each of us and the psychic abilities we all have, when we remember how to use our psychic muscle.

Indigo young people and children been on earth since Atlantis and up until the 1970's ! its all about DNA .. they have been being born in huge numbers since 1975 and are here to herald in a new age of light, love & communication on earth.

I hosted the movie in New Zealand and had totally amazing reviews! I am still receiving emails and phone calls a week later. I have seen the movie twice and look forward to seeing it again soon.

Namaste, Jo Brothers

Idigo: Marketing Director is the star

[jerrycAZ · 3/10 · 30 January 2005]

So, what did you think of "Indigo"? Personally, I think it was one heck of a marketing achievement. Imagine, a film that would otherwise go straight to video and sit on Blockbuster's shelf, selling millions of tickets and being shown in thousands of theaters, churches, etc .... all on one night. And, no worries about bad word-of-mouth killing sales. Also, what about that shameless preshow commerical for the "Spiritual Cinema Circle"? I noticed the flyer in the lobby for the SCC didn't mention price.... only if you hurry and sign-up now, you get a free book worth $15. Wow! I want their Marketing Director for a buddy.

Next to "Indigo," most student films I've seen ain't half bad. Certainly, the script, cinematography and acting wasn't much better... if any. In the interviews in the beginning, they said they "didn't water the story down so it would be acceptable for a wide audience." Right! That's why the script was about a drug deal that went bad... with an Indigo kid thrown in. I didn't connect with or feel anything for the characters. And, I certainly didn't come away with a better understanding of Indigo kids or feeling spiritually up-lifted... or any of the things the Producer, Stephen Simon, said the film was going to do. That's perhaps their biggest mistake... creating an expectation they didn't deliver on.

Also, if Stephen had used the adjective "extraordinary" one more time (I counted at least 6 times) to describe the film, I would have puked on the spot. Even the interviews were shot badly... bad lighting and composition, distracting background, etc. And, weren't they were all just too "cute" the way they touched each other? How about that bit after the film? Did everyone join hands and pray at your showing? It didn't happen at the showing I went to Saturday night.... and it was at a Unity Church, where they do that all the time. Somehow, I can't imagine people joining hands at the AMC Theater in Los Angeles?

The subject is definitely material for a good movie.... but Indigo ain't it. However, Inidgo does prove or confirm a number of things: 1) lame dialog and script - authors do not necessarily make good screen writers; 2) terrible acting - acting and directing should be left to professionals; 3) where there's a marketing strategy, there's hope.... for all filmmakers.

Let's face it, we've been had by a marketing phenomena... and it's just started. Think about it. What if only 100,000 people become part of the "extraordinary" spiritual movement, and sign up for the Spiritual Cinema Circle at $29 per month? That's $2,900,000 coming in each month!!

It's the "Blair Witch" phenomenon for 2005... where selling the sizzle is what counts. As a filmmaker, I hated the movie, but love their marketing savy. I will be submitting my most recent documentary to them. So, sign-up now for the Spiritual Cinema Circle and watch for my film on an upcoming offering.

Indigo

[gypsykane · 8/10 · 4 February 2005]

Yes, Indigo is a movie that falls short in terms of being a polished film experience, but it was never touted as being a top notch Matrix-like super deal. If you zero in on that, you miss the point. To salvage the mess this planet is in, we need to pay attention to each other, thru the drug deals gone wrong, thru misguided money grubbing values, thru all the life experiences that bring us down to the ultimate reason we are on this planet--> to love and support each other through our hearts--that is what this film is about. Our children know this. It is high time we as adults begin to see it, feel it and LIVE it. Yes, maybe you see this as a syrupy sweet pap view of the world, but guess what? This planet needs more of these messages until we get it. As for the commercialism for the Spiritual Cinema, again, we need a place where people can create films that laud the values of Love and Acceptance and Compassion. My fervent hope is that each and every one of the people who took part in this community event took away just even a hint of what we can be to each other if we just put aside all our bravado of what this world should be and get down to what it needs to be--> a circle of LOVE. Happy Valentines Day to you all.

Exploiting New Age spiritualism...

[lamonde · 1/10 · 31 May 2008]

I only recently came across this phenomenon called the "Indigo child" when a former school principal, upon listening to some of the tales of my firstborn, suggested that she was most likely an "Indigo child." Knowing little of this so-called Indigo phenomenon, I searched on line…and came upon this movie, which I decided to finally watch for the sake of continuing my inquiry.

All I can truly say from a purely intuitive viewpoint (and the nausea I felt when watching the movie) is that this is the most exploitive film I have ever seen produced, written and directed – worse yet than Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will" (perhaps as insidious). Its content was as exploitive as the New Age "colonialism," which has exploited ancient belief systems from indigenous peoples around the world and Eastern philosophies to create multi-billion dollar industries – from yoga to Taoism.

The film itself is probably the worst produced, written, directed and acted…comparable to Kevin Costner's Waterworld and The Postman (two truly awful movies)…

More to the point…as a parent of a "gifted" child (now a young adult)…all I can truly attest to is that too many parents and adults seeking "spiritual" rest (freedom from the contradictions and paradoxes of life)…are exploiting their Judeo-Christian background (whether they are religious or otherwise)…as a means to explain, control, find cause to and otherwise "deal" with existence. Using their children as foils to their own self-aggrandizement is ludicrous!

In all honesty, spiritual cinema is a farce. If you look carefully at the history of cinema, its history shows the art of cinema (as are all artistic works) as an ongoing form of inquiry into the nature of human beings. Cinema, from one end of the spectrum to the other, is an outward manifestation of the anthropomorphic view of our existence. All cinema forms, have sought to understand the human condition through the lens of the camera (the third eye? the 6th Chakra...also known as the Indigo aura? nudge, nudge, wink, wink) – even the worst of films have glimpsed into our complex natures and relationship with metaphysical awareness.

It is as arrogant to suggest that spiritual cinema is finally showing "us" as we truly are, as it is to suggest that Indigo children are rising up in numbers as "warriors" to save humanity from its downfall. Or that the arrogance of children feeling "entitled" in a generation of exhaustive individualism, capitalism and technological innovations is a "sign" of Indigo forthrightness. Let's face it...this generation is "smarter" because technological tools have changed the way they (we) think..(including cinema)... In short, this movie is propaganda for the spiritually and cognitively inept…

Finally, bravo to commentator and boom operator kstrain1, with whom I agree wholeheartedly in saying, "And Hollywood HAS made interesting spiritual films, like "Contact", "I Heart Huckabees", "Donnie Darko", "The Sixth Sense", "Phenomenon", "Waking Life", and "Powder'. Even the lousy "Revenge of the Sith" has more spiritual common sense than this film."

I want my six dollars back

[last-laugh · 1/10 · 30 January 2005]

This felt like watching a Lifetime Original. Only I had to pay for this sanctimonious tripe. I'm all in favor of truly inspirational, uplifting drama, but for the love of god, give me some substance. Overly broad acting, self importance, and unbelievable characters make up the bulk of this meaningless drivel. And what's with getting it to play simultaneously at different theaters? And why did it have to play in the middle of the day? It was a beautiful day. I could have been at the beach, but no, I was inside, giving my time, and, let's face it, my money, to this waste of celluloid. The music was awful and cheesy. I've seen lower budget films do a better job at cinematography. The clouds were pretty, I suppose. I kept expecting Michael Landon to be flying through them. Tragically, he is not around to elevate this to watch ability. Very unfullfilling.

We Felt Duped - there is a cult behind this

[drtim-2 · 1/10 · 2 February 2005]

If you have not guessed it yet the film producers have a religious type cult following. Their marketing was to push their followers to churches and other small venues to see the film for its ONE weekend showing. The film was so bad that it was not shown again publicly and did not make the leap to movie theaters. They have posted Hyper glowing reviews on various net venues in order to dupe more people into renting or buying the DVD. I wish they were honest about the film's shortcomings rather than promoting it with reviews from raving cult members.

Is this movie worth seeing? NO........it was HUGE disappointment. A lot of the acting was bad, the tech. quality was bad, and the story was insignificant! It had no real point, no real focus! We paid $20 to see it, and we felt duped! A bunch of Unity people got together after the movie to have pot luck and talk about the movie, and no one would say anything.....just two people brought up a couple of "lines" that they thought were good and then silence! We moved on to another topic! Everyone I talked to personally, felt the same way!

They are going to have a very hard time getting people to buy into another movie, I feel bad for Tywman, but he should have done a better job, it was a "B" movie at best and not a very good B movie at that! Sorry to disappoint you, I didn't want to say anything, but I did not want you to waste money on it. :(

Indigo is a movie you'll really throw away

[kill-the-boxtrolls · 1/10 · 30 September 2009]

I'm glad I did not buy or rent this movie, I picked it up at the library where you don't really have to buy stuff at expect fines. I seen this movie at the Library like 2 or 3 years ago and didn't really want to pick it up, then I picked it up this year because I read the entire description that meant like Indigo children have powers and I just thought that it will make it a wonderful and inspirational movie, but when I first turned it on, I felt like I fell asleep in a nightmare of demon spirits until when I got to the part where they were in the house and a little girl was in the car. If I bought this movie, I would've thrown it away feeling so sorry that I bought it, avoid this at cost and look for better inspirational movie like Matilda even though it might be a little overrated and silly but still worth watching. But for this movie, 0.0 it is probably the most least favorite movie I ever seen, no likeness at all.

What a beautiful spiritual movie

[Jinn · 10/10 · 29 January 2005]

I have been watching the Indigo project from go. From when it was just a pipe dream. I'm glad it got made and that I finally got to see the movie. The movie Indigo is about the Indigo children, of which I am one. I may not be as in-tune as the girl in the movie, but the movie touched me very deeply. It has the potential to help millions of children like me who were misdiagnosed as ADD/ADHD and their parents and friends. Indigo children are special children who have come to help the planet evolve. There is a book called the Indigo Children by Lee Caroll & Jan Tober,which also should help indigo children and their parents. There are also other books out there on Indigo and Crystal Children. Thank you James Twyman for making this movie and to all who were involved with it.

bad acting and horrible Dialogue

[patterson-donna · 1/10 · 4 February 2006]

Having appreciated "What the Bleep Do We Know," I had high hopes for this movie. I was sorely disappointed.

The acting was so atrocious that when a friend came over, we had to show part of it to her just so we could showcase the idiocy of this film. We laughed and laughed... The acting is so hideous that it could become a great teaching tool (of How-NOT-To) for film/acting courses. The Dialogue was almost as pathetic as the acting, which is pretty bad!

Oh, I forgot, there was one redeeming feature - the scenery was nice. Not quite enough to hold the movie together......

Others I know who have seen it said they would be scarred for life. Hmm...

People are taking this movie way too seriously.

[vm_postitnotes · 8/10 · 27 September 2005]

To the people who hate this movie because it presents an unrealistic idea - please. Grow up. It's a movie. Do you hate Dragonball Z because it presents an unrealistic idea of aliens that are human-like in appearance and speak English? Your critiques are pitiful on their face.

With that being said, "Indigo" is an entertaining movie with a good script that could have done with a bit more coherence. The direction felt somewhat like the movie was done for fun and not as a piece of art, which is both a good and a bad thing. The acting, while amateurish, actually works for the story that the movie presents. The scenario of the road trip is a comfortable one for movie watchers, and it works here. I think what I liked the best about the movie, though, is that it leads you to believe that it's going to end in a violent way and ends up not doing so. That disappoints a lot of people, but I think it was a perfect way to end the movie. And whether or not you believe in the whole "indigo child" thing, this movie is worth watching. I hope future projects from these filmmakers have tighter writing, though.

For low budget, amazingly wonderful

[ericpovi · 8/10 · 4 February 2005]

Much better than I expected, especially for the paltry $500K it was suppose to cost.

Compared to other movies without big dollars or big names, it was much better than those were.

But the content was what I really enjoyed. I loved how they treated the subject. Neale Donald Walsch was surprisingly very good as the lead actor!

The direction kept the movie fast paced and all of the plot elements were covered by the end. some of my friends wanted it to go on.

I would have liked to have a bit more background on the Indigo children too.

Kids Loved It - it entertained, introduced, and manifested the light of indigo.

[pryms · 9/10 · 4 February 2005]

What is special about this movie, is that it has melded the darker aspects of daily life with the light that indigo children can bring into it. Meghan, the ten-year old, displayed the confidence that the children can inspire in grown-ups. She was an inspired choice.

The indigo child seated next to me- who is a little out-of-sorts with her environment- was delighted by the film! I could see many moments of recognition. 7 out of 8 kids I took to the film, rated it 10/10; and one rated it 9 1/2. "It was the best part of my birthday," commented one.

Parents of indigos liked the movie as well. Yes, it is a starting point; and no- it does not tell the full depth of indigo children. It may make some indigos question themselves if they have not healed as the girl did, in the movie.

But in summary, the film achieved for our group of ten that saw it, what it set out to do: entertain, introduce, and manifest the light of indigo.

The interview with the film-makers- it could be shortened. Doesn't do much for the film.