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(1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1   "A creepy, atmospheric and lushly filmed supernatural thriller"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 6/10 "For a widescreen studio creeper, Skeleton Key may not be The Others, but it at least invites comparison. "   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens B "In a rare moment for the genre, it does get better as it rolls along, and that’s good enough for me."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf B "Full props for story and acting, even if the slow pace and predictable racial profiling of this thriller half-mires it into the Louisiana swamps it celebrates."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher .5/4 "Interminable from minute one..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair "The wide, unmoving forehead of Kate Hudson floats with torporific ennui through this clip show of all the slowest, most boring bits from every spook movie you've ever seen."   Portland Tribune   Dawn Taylor C "It's all a lot of hoodoo."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Has its merits, mostly of the visual & aural variety, but thrill-seekers looking for a reason to keep the lights on at bedtime are bound to feel more than a little gypped."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "In the tradition of Angel Heart, it looks to stir cultural anxiety by introducing a pretty white thing into a sinister world where "black" magic reigns supreme."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B- "If the movie doesn't exactly compliment your intelligence, at least it doesn't insult it, either."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Nothing in the South can rise again without being overcome by hundreds of years of homespun logic and Ehren Kruger clichés."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "There's a refreshing cleanliness and sparseness to the storytelling here -- no digressions into drawn-out horror set pieces, no gratuitous displays of violence and gore."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2/4 "...a callow and creepy country-fried caper that engages in cheap-minded scare tactics...about as exciting as sipping mint julep on a scorching August afternoon"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng D "Utter hooey...more likely to leave you shaking with laughter than with fright."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/4 "The Skeleton Key delivers its share of cheap scares but never unlocks the door to the creepiness that would have made this is memorable movie-going experience."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli '2/4' "Southern-fried mumbo-jumbo has its gothic moments but the abysmal finale is unforgivable."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "The script is clever and witty enough to get by, and the cute blonde heroine is smart and resourceful enough that the script never seems sexist."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox "Dumbo Gumbo"   Light Views   John Larsen 3/10 "Armed with an idiotic lead, a rambling unfocused story, and an ending transparent enough to make the audience laugh out loud at the screen."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 2.5/4 "Es predecible y soporífera, llena de clichés y lugares comunes, sin lograr crear nunca la atmósfera adecuada para que el espectador logre una conexión emocional"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3.0/4.0 "... this isn’t a horror film, but its black heart is in the right place..."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3.5/5 "While it has its jumpy moments, it’s really more of a suspense movie and mystery than a horror film."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C+ "...while not actually scary, features terrific Southern Gothic production design, credible acting and a fairly effective twist ending"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/5 "Somewhere past the one-hour mark, it's hard not to start rooting for the bad juju."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh B- "The Skeleton Key conjures a spooky atmosphere steeped in the mystique of folk magic and medicine and suspicion of the deep South."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "[T]here’s some remarkable psychological insight in this scary little movie. Which isn’t to say that it isn’t all utter nonsense, either..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Here’s a B-movie that knows it’s a B-movie, yet is intent on being a really good B-movie. And it is."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "A blundering New Orleans-set thriller under the spell of archaic stereotypes about Southern Bayou blacks."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "O que me leva a recomendar esta produção é seu desfecho – uma conclusão que respeita a lógica interna da trama."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2.5/5 "The Skeleton Key isn’t exactly dull...but it isn’t scary either."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "A preposterously enjoyable Southern gothic thriller."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/5 "The voodoo lore is sketchy (it can't hurt unbelievers, except when it can), the plot obviously little but build-up to the big reveal."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 2.5/5 "a parade of phony horror clichés meant to generate predictably cheap scares"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 6/10 "Spooky yet shallow, finding bizarre, brooding tension in what's behind that ominous, forbidding door - to scare you on a hot summer's night."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 1/4 "Screenwriter Ehren Kruger's latest illiterate piece of crap."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 2.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito Read review   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek  (1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1