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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12

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  1. DougM.
    Jan 24, 2008
    10
    This movie is not an easy one to watch, but it is just as gripping and disturbing as the book, and blance baker as ruth was phenomenal.
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  2. JoeF.
    Feb 21, 2008
    0
    Irresponsibly exploitive and feebly made. Only harry potter abuses its child actors more.
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  3. JohnE.
    Nov 26, 2007
    10
    Don't listen to stodgy critics - this film is a powerhouse on all levels. Terrifying and tragic, it sucker punches the viewer and leaves him with a film experience he'll never forget.
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  4. afxcollin
    Apr 21, 2011
    8
    This movie is scary…no not scary, disturbing. This is the closest a movie (also the novel) gets to showing true horror; disturbing reality that is hauntingly all too real. This movie has a love it or hate it vibe. I, myself, cannot watch this movie more than once, the book was enough alone, but the payoff is to experience horror that has been palpably real. There are no jack-in-the-box scares here, just physical and psychological imagery that truly makes the film horrorable to witness.… Expand
  5. zgp92
    Jan 26, 2012
    8
    This is a faithfull and solid adaption of Jack Ketchum's brutal masterpiece, which was based on a true story. Could be deeper, but satisfying nonetheless Not for the squeamish.
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Metascore
29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    30
    Gregory M. Wilson, the film's director, has made the kind of movie that makes you wish you could rinse your brain in bleach, to wash all traces of it from your memory.
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  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    75
    Neither Ketchum nor the filmmakers take an exploitative approach to the material; their focus is the way the youngsters' petty cruelty erupts into murderous sadism.
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  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    40
    The result is a great-looking bore.
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