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Movie Info

Genre :

Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Date :

September 09, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Scott Derrickson

Starring :

Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

4 of 5

“..worth seeking out by those willing to accept its lesser aspects..”
by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
2 of 5

“..there's nothing in the film that rises above the level of a very average television movie...”
by Wade Major [Boxoffice Magazine]
5 of 5

“..the most intensely terrifying movie to hit theatres in years..”
by Scott Juba [The Trades]
8 of 10

“..the best courtroom drama/horror movie of all-time..”
by Brendan Cullin [Empire Movies]
7 of 10

“..quickly rises above other recent horror films..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
7 of 10

“..proves to be a flawed, disappointing misfire...”
by Mel Valentin [Movie-Vault]
3.5 of 4

“..plenty creepy and steeped in smart parts...”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
4.5 of 5

“..one of the most entertainingly provocative films of the year..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 4

“..nothing about it seems grounded in any sense of reality...”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
3.5 of 5

“..never fully possesses its audience...”
by [E! Online]
3.5 of 5

“..never connects with the viewer on the primal, gut-level basis that's essential for an intellectual horror exercise...”
by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
2.5 of 4

“..More than just a head-spinning, pea-soup-vomiting horror flick..”
by Kit Bowen [Hollywood]
2.5 of 4

“..is entertaining to the same degree as any courtroom drama of limited imagination can be...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3 of 5

“..is complemented by performances that are all credible and compelling..”
by David Levine [Filmcritic]
2 of 5

“..fails to break any new ground visually, and wastes the talents of some of the finest actors..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
3.5 of 5

“..comes off as a somber, serious work that avoids campy caricatures or cheap thrills...”
by Jeff Farance [The Daytona Beach News-Journal]
“..an uneasy hybrid of horror, courtroom drama and true-life story...”
by Richard James Havis [The Hollywood Reporter]
3.5 of 5

“..an intelligent inquiry into the limitations of belief and faith..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Paul Doro [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Rob Blackwelder [SPLICEDwire]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Christy Lemire [Houston Chronicle]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 4
Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Deborah Hornblow [The Hartford Courant]
Reviewed by Bret McCabe [Baltimore City Paper]
Reviewed by Michael Atkinson [Village Voice]

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