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Name: Along Came a Spider
Director: Lee Tamahori
Genre: action, crime, mystery, thriller
Released: 2001
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 6.4

Along Came a Spider has an iRankMovies score of 51/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Along Came a Spider (2001)

The game is far from over.

Release:2001

Runtime:1h 44m

Country:Canada

Director:Lee Tamahori

Language:English

Genre

ActionCrimeMystery

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Keywords

Based On Novel Or Bookdetective Fbi TeacherPsychologistPsychological Thriller WhodunitCat And Mouse

iRank51

Along Came a Spider rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 99K votes

Rotten Tomatoes32%

Metacritic42%

TMDb6.351/10· 2K votes

With 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 42/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Along Came a Spider

After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.

Cast of Along Came a Spider

Morgan Freeman
as Alex Cross
Monica Potter
as Jezzie Flannigan
Michael Wincott
as Gary Soneji
Dylan Baker
as Ollie McArthur
Mika Boorem
as Megan Rose
Anton Yelchin
as Dimitri Starodubov
Kim Hawthorne
as Agent Hickey
Jay O. Sanders
as Kyle Craig
Billy Burke
as Ben Devine
Michael Moriarty
as Senator Hank Rose
Penelope Ann Miller
as Elizabeth Rose
Anna Maria Horsford
as Vickie

Along Came a Spider facts

Budget: $60M
Box office: $105.2M
Collection: Alex Cross Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Psychological detective thriller delivers engaging cat-and-mouse narrative tension
•Crime-mystery elements keep audiences guessing through twisty plot structure
•Lee Tamahori directs with solid pacing and investigative thriller atmosphere