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Skinwalkers

EMAILPRINTAfter Dark Films

Skinwalkers reviews
33
7.1 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 11 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Horror

Written by: James DeMonaco
Todd Harthan
James Roday

Directed by: James Isaac

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 10, 2007
DVD: November 27, 2007

Running Time: 110 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language

Starring Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Kim Coates, Natassia Malthe, Matthew Knight, Sarah Carter, and Tom Jackson

A young boy named Timothy will assume his birthright on his 13 birthday. On that day, the family that has raised him and protected him all his life with reveal that they are werewolves. The boy is integral to their survival and they will stop at nothing to keep him safe. Which means they will have to fight the band of evil werewolves that seek Timothy only to destroy him.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

67

The Onion (A.V. Club) Steven Hyden

While it isn't particularly scary or suspenseful, it's fun and surprisingly breezy compared with its big-budget brethren.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Adds little to the annals of werewolf lore. But it's briskly paced and features a couple of clever twists on genre conventions.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jason Anderson

A Canadian-made werewolf thriller, Skinwalkers occasionally rises above its station as a standard-issue horror flick to deliver some enjoyably cheeseball thrills.

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40

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

The only thing more boring than a vampire with moral issues about biting people in the neck is a werewolf who’d rather become fully human than howl at the moon once a month.

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40

Variety Joe Leydon

Plays more like '70s drive-in fare than a monster mash of recent vintage.

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40

Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen

There's a lot that remains unclear about the powers and abilities of the creatures in Skinwalkers, largely robbing the film of tension as events transpire in a slapdash, haphazard manner.

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38

ReelViews James Berardinelli

It stands alongside this year's other werewolf disaster, "Blood and Chocolate," in illustrating why the moon should set on the werewolf movie.

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38

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Watching the movie is a little like picking up issue #42 of a comic book after you've skipped the first 41: There's an entire back story mythos hovering in the background like a phantom limb.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

A thoroughly undistinguished addition to a genre that probably reached its peak a quarter-century ago with "An American Werewolf in London."

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20

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Yawningly directed by Jim Isaac, Skinwalkers is a slavering mess that buries its clunky addiction metaphor beneath a welter of genre clichés, all delivered in extra-slow motion.

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11

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Shapeshifters-lite. Fangs but no fangs.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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