In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl’s cruel parents. Emily’s worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.

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Film Cast:

• Emily Jenkins: Renée Zellweger
• Lillith Sullivan: Jodelle Ferland
• Detective Mike Barron: Ian McShane
• Douglas J. Ames: Bradley Cooper
• Wayne: Adrian Lester
• Margaret Sullivan: Kerry O’Malley
• Edward Sullivan: Callum Keith Rennie
• Nancy: Cynthia Stevenson
• Diego: Alexander Conti
• Javier: Philip Cabrita
• Javier’s Wife: Vanesa Tomasino
• Custody Judge: Mary Black
• Domenico D’Ambrosio: Domenico D’Ambrosio
• Therapist: Benita Ha
• Judge: J. Winston Carroll
• Co-Worker: Michael Bean
• Co-Worker: Lesley Ewen
• Chief Psychiatrist: David Patrick Green
• Bus Driver: Dee Jay Jackson
• Young Emily: Taya Calicetto
• Emily’s Mother: Alisen Down
• Inmate: Darryl Quon
• Nurse: Suzanne Bastien
• Nurse: Jane Braithwaite
• Police Sergeant: Colin Lawrence
• Coordinator: Fran Gebhard
• News Anchor: Dagmar Midcap
• Interviewer: Bill Mondy
• Doctor: Andrew Airlie
• Barron’s Wife: Sarah-Jane Redmond
• Demon Person: Charles Zuckermann
• Mrs. Lynch: Yvonne Valdez
• Priest: Paul Duchart
• Businessperson: Daniel Bacon
• Young Cop: Darren E. Scott
• Detention Center Cop: Dalias Blake
• Lead Guard: Phillip Mitchell
• Fire Marshall: Fulvio Cecere

Film Crew:

• Casting: Sarah Halley Finn
• Producer: Kevin Misher
• Original Music Composer: Michl Britsch
• Casting: Randi Hiller
• Producer: Steve Golin
• Writer: Ray Wright
• Producer: Alix Madigan
• Producer: Scott Thaler
• Producer: Lisa Bruce
• Editor: Mark Goldblatt
• Costume Design: Monique Prudhomme
• Director: Christian Alvart
• Director of Photography: Hagen Bogdanski
• Art Department Coordinator: Carie Wallis
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Erik Liles
• Art Direction: Ross Dempster
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Chris Watts
• Stunt Coordinator: Marny Eng
• Unit Publicist: Julia Frittaion
• Set Decoration: Andrea French
• Visual Effects Producer: Thomas Nittmann
• Visual Effects Producer: Chris Roff
• Music Editor: Lisa Jaime
• Animation Supervisor: Joshua Cordes
• Still Photographer: Kimberly French
• Location Manager: Danny McWilliams
• Transportation Coordinator: John O’Toole
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Daniel J. Leahy
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Steven Hodgson
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Edson Williams
• CG Supervisor: Craig Calvert
• Scenic Artist: Steve Reintjes
• Greensman: Travis J. Brooks
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ronald Eng
• Sound Effects Editor: Doug Jackson
• Visual Effects Editor: Paul Furminger
• Construction Coordinator: Peter Grace
• Visual Effects Editor: Collette Nunes
• Assistant Art Director: John Burke
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Karl Herrmann
• First Assistant Editor: Steve Ansell
• Lead Painter: Jason Claridge
• Camera Operator: Harvey LaRocque
• Special Effects Coordinator: Bob Comer
• Visual Effects Producer: Shauna Bryn
• Steadicam Operator: David Crone
• Production Design: John Willett
• Visual Effects Supervisor: David Sosalla
• Steadicam Operator: Jim Van Dijk
• Script Supervisor: Danielle de Smit
• Production Manager: Wayne Bennett
• Sound Effects Editor: Steve Tushar
• Property Master: Grant Swain
• Assistant Hairstylist: Susan Boyd
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Rebecca Lee
• Hairstylist: Nancy Steyns
• Hairstylist: Donna Bis
• Makeup Artist: Lisa Love
• Makeup Artist: Brad Wilder
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Toby Lindala
• First Assistant Director: Patrice Leung
• Second Assistant Director: Tracey Poirier
• Second Assistant Director: Warren Hanna
• Second Unit Director: Scott J. Ateah
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Greg Milton
• Art Department Assistant: Janice Chiu
• Assistant Property Master: Eric Partridge
• Assistant Property Master: Nevin Swain
• Construction Foreman: Mike Sorochuk
• Graphic Designer: Mike Lilley
• Lead Painter: Darryl Tifenbach
• Paint Coordinator: Herminio Kam
• Painter: Mark N. Tompkins
• Set Dresser: Trevor Cole
• Set Dresser: Miya Dube
• Set Dresser: Shelley Surette
• Aerial Director of Photography: Hans Bjerno
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Paul Bougie
• Camera Trainee: Katie Matheson
• Camera Trainee: Andrew Capicik
• Chief Lighting Technician: Peter G. Capadouca
• Dolly Grip: Gil Forrester
• Dolly Grip: Mike West
• Dolly Grip: Zane Rossouw
• Electrician: Dustin Allen
• Electrician: Bill Dawson
• First Assistant Camera: Patrick Stepien
• First Company Grip: Dillard Brinson
• First Company Grip: Randy Stamhuis
• Generator Operator: Mike Stroman
• Grip: Donnie Armstrong
• Grip: Ken Hemphill
• Grip: Aaron Wik
• Rigging Grip: Jeff Bonny
• Rigging Grip: Michael Lemmers
• Second Assistant Camera: Artino Ahmadi
• Second Company Grip: Rick Stadder
• Second Company Grip: J. Norman Earle
• Underwater Director of Photography: Ian Seabrook
• Assistant Costume Designer: Nancy Bryant
• Costume Supervisor: Christine Coutts
• Costume Supervisor: Paul Lavigne
• Costumer: Angela Bright
• Costumer: Summer Eves
• ADR Voice Casting: Caitlin McKenna
• Casting: Heike Brandstatter
• Casting: Coreen Mayrs
• Casting Assistant: Taylor Jenkins
• Casting Assistant: Leah Nelson
• Casting Associate: Tamara Hunter
• Casting Associate: Trica Thompson
• Additional Editor: Yvonne Valdez
• Assistant Editor: Jason Dale
• Color Timer: Stephen R. Sheridan
• Dailies Operator: John Brandon
• Negative Cutter: Mary Nelson-Duerrstein
• ADR Mixer: Bob Baron
• Assistant Sound Editor: Dana LeBlanc Frankley
• Boom Operator: Jon Lavender
• Cableman: Cameron Foodikoff
• Foley Artist: Robin Harlan
• Foley Artist: Sarah Monat
• Foley Mixer: Randy Singer
• Foley Supervisor: Willard Overstreet
• Sound Editor: Pete Dawood
• Sound Mixer: Darren Brisker
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Summers
• Supervising ADR Editor: David A. Cohen
• Supervising Dialogue Editor: Robert Troy
• Animation: Luis Carlos Aguilar
• Animation: Chris Derochie
• Animation: Agata Matuszak
• Animation: Mark Pullyblank
• Animation: Greg Winhall
• CG Artist: Michael Amasio
• CG Artist: Bryan Davies
• CG Artist: Sally Goldberg
• CG Artist: Mark Harrison
• CG Artist: Hans Heymans
• CG Artist: Amy Lee
• CG Artist: Dan Mayer
• CG Artist: Peter Scott
• CG Artist: Karl Sisson
• CG Artist: Mark Stewart
• CG Artist: Chad L. Fox
• CG Supervisor: Karl Rogovin
• Compositing Supervisor: Bill Kunin
• Compositing Supervisor: Abel Milanes
• Aerial Coordinator: Bob Neve
• Production Coordinator: Kathleen Whelan
• Stunts: Mark Aisbett
• Stunts: Ed Anders
• Stunts: Doug Chapman
• Stunts: Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle
• Stunts: Dean Choe
• Stunts: Laura Lee Connery
• Stunts: Mike Crestejo
• Stunts: Crystal Dalman
• Stunts: Mike Desabrais
• Stunts: Duane Dickinson
• Stunts: Ryan Ennis
• Stunts: Caroline Field
• Stunts: Corry Glass
• Stunts: Tom Glass
• Stunts: Rob Hayter
• Stunts: Kim Howey
• Stunts: Ernie Jackson
• Stunts: David Jacox
• Stunts: Jon Kralt
• Stunts: Michael Langlois
• Stunts: Terrance Leigh
• Stunts: John MacDonald
• Stunts: Gaston Morrison
• Stunts: Scott Nicholson
• Stunts: Gerald Paetz
• Stunts: Rick Pearce
• Stunts: Matt Phillips
• Stunts: Justin Sain
• Stunts: Darryl Scheelar
• Stunts: Kimani Ray Smith
• Stunts: Clay Virtue
• Dolby Consultant: Bryan Arenas
• Transportation Captain: David Halliday
• Visual Effects Editor: Shelley Maclean
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Yasamin Ismaili
• CG Supervisor: Chris Wells

Movie Reviews:

• John Chard: Keep Away From Children.
• Case 39 is directed by Christian Alvart and written by Ray Wright. It stars Renee Zellwegger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane and Bradley Cooper. Music is by Michl Britsch and cinematography by Hagen Bodanski.
• Another in the long line of demonic/psycho children films, Case 39 sat on the shelf for a few years before finally seeing the light of day around 2009. Met with a whole bunch of negative reviews it is somewhat pleasing to find that while it’s not a misunderstood classic or anything, it actually works well within this sub-genre of horror.
• Story in short order form has Zellwegger as Emily Jenkins, a social worker who after rescuing young Lilly Sullivan from crazed parents, takes her in on a temporary foster basis and soon comes to regret it.
• Offering up a more supernatural slant than many other films of a similar ilk, German director Alvart does still follow the familiar formula for crazed child movies. Lillith (unsubtle name or what?!) serenely ingratiates herself into Emily’s world and that of the people around her, then of course things start happening, bad things. Having taken his time to build it up during the first half, Alvart then revels in unleashing demonic chaos, with young Ferland giving an unnervingly superb performance as Lilly. The shocks and psychological torments are tidily crafted, and it all builds to a suitably daft and frenetic finale.
• It’s too long at nearly two hours in length, it’s sometimes silly and it’s cliché heavy. However, some striking scenes, a mightily strong child performance and the decent chiller thriller fun factor, lifts this just above average status. 6/10
• Reno: **Just do your job! Don’t think above that like you can be a saviour!**
• It looked like some kind of thriller, that’s what anybody would say if they read the title correctly. The story was suspense, well developed to keep that for a very long time. Though it had no major twist, just a revelation like clarifying our doubts. Because most of the storyline seems alike ‘Orphan’, the film that came just months before this one. But this is a horror theme, I mean real horror, not a terror-horror like ‘Orphan’. The overall story relied on one big secret that revealed at some time in the final act.
• I have seen many films about the child abuse, and this one set in as a same kind of theme, but takes a turn during the end of the first act. So when a social worker, Emily, finds a ten year old Lilith was abused by her own parents, she takes her away from them, followed by theirs arrest. Later, Emily adopts Lilith, but soon finds some strange events around her circle. That leads to suspect Lilith, but could not prove anything. Finding the truth becomes her first priority, but how she’s going to solve it is what leads us to the conclusion part.
• I haven’t seen Renee Zellweger in any recent films, she looked so good in this. Jodelle Ferland too was good as a little girl, the most important role in the film. But Bradley Cooper was in a small part. I think it was a decent film, but not a fresh theme, except developed differently with a new cast. If you are a big horror film fan, you might disappoint with it. Because those parts were minimised and the suspense was maximised. Yet surely most of us can easily predict many scenes, event the ending. So I conclude my review saying it is a decent watch.
• _6.5/10_