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The Skeleton Key

Overview

Genre :

Thriller

Release Date :

August 12, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Iain Softley

Starring :

Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Joy Bryant

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..the appropriate metaphor..”
by Brian Marder [Hollywood]
3 of 4

“..old-gal horror..”
by KimMorgan [Reel]
2 of 4

“..not thrilling enough..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
2.5 of 4

“..not as a good horror film..”
by Paul Doro [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 4

“..not a successful thriller..”
by Jessica Cerretani [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 4

“..nasty little movie..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4

“..more of a mystery than a horror movie..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 4

“..more moody than scary..”
by Bruce Westbrook [Houston Chronicle]
3 of 5

“..more creaky than creepy..”
by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
1 of 5

“..lacks tension and suspense..”
by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle]
2.5 of 5

“..just not good..”
by Bruce Bluett [The Cinema Source]
2 of 4

“..just a shaggy..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
2.5 of 5

“..isn't horrible..”
by Vince Leo [Qwipster's Movie Reviews]
3 of 5

“..is half-way watchable...”
by Nev Pierce [BBC Films]
7.5 of 10

“..is all mood and build and subtle clues, and it works brilliantly..”
by Scott Andrews [FilmFocus]
7 of 10

“..far better than the usual Hollywood horror fare..”
by Jason Cook [The Spinning Image]
4 of 5

“..effectively creepy, atmospheric thriller..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
1.5 of 5

“..deeply lacklustre bag of bones, boasting plenty of the standard horror/suspense cliches..”
by Scottie [Iofilm]
“..boredom..”
by [E! Online]
3 of 4

“..an enjoyably unsettling exercise in hoodoo hysteria..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..an elegantly mounted ghost story..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
1.5 of 4

“..all very boring and ridiculous..”
by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
3 of 5

“..a preposterously enjoyable suspense flick..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
6 of 10

“..a little more interesting..”
by Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon]
4 of 5

“..a fine little shot..”
by Scott Brown [Entertainment Weekly]
2.5 of 4

“..a bad horror cliche..”
by Michael Machosky [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Ian Nathan [Empire Magazine]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by David Edwards [London Daily Mirror]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Glenn Whipp [L.A. Daily News]
Reviewed by Eamonn Donohoe [Film Ireland]

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