The Skeleton Key
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Metascore
47 out of 100

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6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

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  • Starring: Joy Bryant, Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard
  • Summary: This contemporary supernatural thrilled, set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, stars Hudson as a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home...a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana delta. (Universal Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 32
  3. Negative: 5 out of 32
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Brown
    75
    For anyone zombified by creaky thriller clichés, Skeleton is a fine little shot in the head.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    One of the most enjoyably inane movies of the season, this faux Southern Gothic offers an embarrassment of geek pleasures.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    60
    No director yet has found the best use for Hudson, the role that will tap those terrifying and thrilling reserves that are just lying in wait. But Softley comes closer than anybody has.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    Strictly summer schlock.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 42
  3. Negative: 9 out of 42
  1. BrennanS.
    10
    Suspenseful and heart-quickening, this thriller had me on the edge of my seat, hiding. The ending had me rooting for Caroline and her adventure. A+
  2. DezM.
    8
    Suspenseful movie and pretty good acting, but if you've seen Burnt Offerings (from 1976) and Die Die My Darling! (from the 1960s), you've already seen it. It is not an original movie -- it is a remake.… Expand
  3. Barry
    6
    It is a movie intended to scare and frighten the audience. What is most frightening and scary is that some reputable critics and newspapers found it worthy of positive comments and recommendations. There is no doubt that, as badly written as this film is, it has a cast that tries very hard to make it work. This is Kate Hudson… Expand
  4. matta.
    3
    This is seriously bad. The three is there because of a good performance by always solid Peter Sarsgaard and for some nice cinematography. kate hudson is awful and so is the screenplay. Save your money.… Expand

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