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Genre :

Drama, Romance, Thriller

Release Date :

August 12, 2005 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

David Mackenzie

Starring :

Ian McKellen, Augustus Jeremiah Lewis, Natasha Richardson, Marton Csokas, Joss Ackland, Judy Parfitt

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2 of 4

“..sillier, and more implausible..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
4.5 of 5

“..legitimately creepy thrillers..”
by [E! Online]
2.5 of 4

“..leaves viewers cold..”
by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]
2.5 of 5

“..lacks common sense..”
by Heather Wood [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
2 of 5

“..is almost strikingly dull..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
2 of 4

“..hard to appreciate--and even harder to like..”
by Nicholas White [Hollywood]
4.5 of 5

“..fascinating surprises, performances..”
by Paula Nechak [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
1 of 4

“..dreary movies..”
by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 4

“..dark tales of sexual obsession..”
by Jeremiah Kipp [Slant Magazine]
2.5 of 5

“..dank and dreary..”
by Bridget Byrne [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..awfully nice to look at..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
3 of 4

“..an old-fashioned but stylishly executed film..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
9 of 10

“..An intense and haunting..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
3.5 of 4

“..a spellbinding portrait of sexual enslavement and manipulation..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
2 of 4

“..A silly but not unwatchable..”
by Glenn Whipp [L.A. Daily News]
“..a joke..”
by Anthony Lane [The New Yorker]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
3 of 4
Reviewed by [The Filmiliar Cineaste]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
Reviewed by Ella Taylor [L.A. Weekly]

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