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Lost Souls
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16 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 29 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 25 out of 29
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  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    63
    A grade-B rumination on what a nasty guy the devil can be.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Possesses the art and craft of a good movie, but not the story.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    50
    Predictable, rarely scary.
  4. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    42
    Fails to be resonant and, more important, scary.
  5. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    38
    So filled with illogical twists and ridiculous turns, that eventually it evokes unintentional laughs.
  6. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    Dark and murky, grainy and grim.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    38
    It's a dated effort.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Full of atmosphere and visuals, it's empty of anything that really matters.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    33
    Silly, undone by lack of faith in its own subject.
  10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    33
    A screaming, silly cliche -- and somehow not a bit scary.
  11. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
    30
    While Kaminski understands that movie terror comes in at the eyes, he has little skill for connecting sensation to hearts and minds.
  12. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    Preposterous plot, bad acting, and dialogue that provokes more laughs than shivers.
  13. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    25
    The most intriguing thing about Lost Souls is how it managed to attract so much talent.
  14. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    25
    His (Kaminski) first feature is so thoroughly awful, it isn't even interesting to look at.
  15. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    25
    While it's beautifully shot, it's way too slow.
  16. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    20
    Muddled tale of demonic hijinks and devil worship. It's terrible.
  17. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    20
    A dreary tale of supernatural horror.
  18. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    It's the central story that's lacking.
  19. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lael Loewenstein
    20
    The hallucination sequences are among the pic's creepiest.
  20. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    20
    It's a loose reassembly of plot points from "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist" that never achieves the emotional intensity of either.
  21. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    10
    A lugubrious sub-"Exorcist" demonic possession film that's absolutely no fun at all.
  22. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    10
    Can be blamed foremost on its fire-and-brimstone screenwriter, Pierce Gardner.
  23. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    10
    An almost total waste of time.
  24. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    10
    A pretty dreary affair to sit through. It's not even scary.
  25. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    10
    What emerges is oddly ineffectual and uninvolving.
  26. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Cody Clark
    6
    The only thing about this movie that will haunt you is its boggling ineptitude.
  27. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    0
    Another "Exorcist" bastard -- one with a chick-flick pedigree.
  28. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    0
    Shamelessly dull.
  29. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    0
    If the devil made them all do it, he's one dull bastard.
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4.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. MarkJ.
    0
    The script is awful and full of cliches. Just a boring movie with zero suspense and a plot seen 1000000 times... Avoid!
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