Gothika
User Score
5.2 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 60 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 60
  3. Negative: 20 out of 60

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  1. KatieP.
    Nov 22, 2003
    10
    A pretty good movie. It is not as good as some other horrors, but it is better than I expected.
  2. C.
    Jan 30, 2005
    10
    In my opinion Gothika was an extremely intense movie, and this made it very enjoyable the plot kept strong the whole way through and a massive twist at the end top of an almost perfect movie.
  3. AshleyL.
    Nov 30, 2003
    10
    It was great!!

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Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 36 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 36
  3. Negative: 10 out of 36
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    25
    Tolerable for undiscriminating horror fans but should be shunned by everybody else.
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  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Rick Kisonak
    30
    The best they were able to manage, apparently, was a grabbag of spectral sights and spooky touches grabbed from better horror films and a final act that raises more questions than it answers.
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  3. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Laine Ewen
    50
    Gothika deserves credit for embracing the ghost story genre so whole-heartedly, but as any ten-year-old girl can tell you, there's nothing original here to see.
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