- Studio: Lions Gate Films
- Release Date: Feb 7, 2003
- Starring: Angela Bettis, Anna Faris, James Duval, Jeremy Sisto
- Summary: A hybrid of camp horror and psychological thriller.
- Director: Lucky McKee
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 18
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Mixed: 6 out of 18
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Negative: 2 out of 18
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100The movie subtly darkens its tone until, when the horrifying ending arrives, we can see how we got there. There is a final shot that would get laughs in another kind of film, but May earns the right to it, and it works, and we understand it.
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80Call it a horror movie, a psychological thriller or a feminist splatterfest, but this sort of story is tough to get right. May gets it more than right.
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60In visual terms, it's clear McKee has a talent for moviemaking...But he's going to need better stories than this.
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38Novice director Lucky McKee wrote the first draft of this labored horror flick while he was in school, and for a student film, it's not bad. But it's not ready for the big time.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7