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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10

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  1. [Anonymous]
    Oct 16, 2006
    10
    GREAT!
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  2. SueS.
    Jul 7, 2007
    9
    This movie may not be believable, but it is more like a fairy tale in the horrible original sense. In addition to an interesting story, the acting is excellent as is the cinematograpy and music.
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  3. JamesM.
    Jul 14, 2001
    1
    Ugh! Roadkill. Caricatures in a good vs. evil fable that is completely outlandish.
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  4. PattyB.
    Dec 15, 2006
    8
    Loved this movie. Beautiful camera work, and great performances by Bale and Hurt.
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Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 17
  2. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. 75
    Falls so far outside our ordinary story expectations it may frustrate some viewers.
  2. Where the movie falters is in sustaining the tricky balance between pastoral life lessons and creepy suspense.
  3. 23
    Hamilton's quasi-Luddite tale doesn't make a coherent movie under the best of circumstances, and these were, apparently, something substantially less than that.