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(1 - 14) of 14 OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten Page   1   "I didn't think anyone could match Terry O'Quinn's riveting performance in the 1987 film, but Dylan Walsh nails the title role in this remake."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker D "100 minutes of dopey behavior and filmmaking inanity wrapped up tight in a bland, gutless PG-13 wooby, taking a proven premise and watering it down to a parade of nonsense created only to tickle gullible teen audiences."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf D- "Shallow and inert, "The Stepfather" goes through the motions of a suspense film without ever broaching the horror genre that director Joseph Ruben employed in the original. Talk about "unclear on the concept," this remake doesn't even get the genre right."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 2/4 "...yet another toothless and entirely needless horror-movie remake."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1/4 "The Stepfather is studio-produced drivel that puts a negative label on horror movies and psychological chillers. The only pleasure to be had from watching it is to so easily be able to pick it apart."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman D "Riddled with implausible situations, including many instances of Creepy Stepdad appearing suddenly in doorways and mirrors, and zero instances of genuine suspense or style."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider D "A botched remake...A real thriller has you on the edge of your seat; watching this one, you're more liable to sit back and snooze."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/5 "A little more guts - not necessarily more gory -- could have turned The Stepfather into a real re-imagining, not just a re-heating; what we get is just another trip down memory lane that runs out of gas."   Redbox   James Rocchi 0.5/5 "if you can think past the thirty second mark, the house of cards that is the script dissolves faster than cotton candy in the rain"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "Astonishingly dull and carefully scrubbed of all but the most sanitized violence in the name of securing a PG-13 rating."   Horror Hacker   Maitland McDonagh 1.5/4 "a shabby substitute for its original."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 1/5 "Comparing the original to this one is like comparing regular basketball to donkey basketball--a perfectly good thing has been needlessly "improved" by making everything bigger and dumber and by allowing a bunch of jackasses to dump all over it."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 2.5/5 "Dylan Walsh's demeanor is more compelling than the small handful of perfunctory kill scenes, all of which you'll see from six miles away."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg 2/10 "There are some movies that should not be re-made. This is one of them, as proven by this updated, cliche-filled version which fails to build up the necessary tension and truncates the mystery."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger  (1 - 14) of 14 OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten Page   1