
Movie Info
Genre :
Drama, Horror, ThrillerRelease Date :
September 09, 2005MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Scott DerricksonStarring :
Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore
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“..worth seeking out by those willing to accept its lesser aspects..”
by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“..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]

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

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

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

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

“..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]

“..an intelligent inquiry into the limitations of belief and faith..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
Reviewed by Bret McCabe [Baltimore City Paper]
Reviewed by Michael Atkinson [Village Voice]








