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47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics What's this?

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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 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. 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.
  3. 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+
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  2. jonr
    5
    I really liked it at first but it's one of those movies that tries to be original and shock you with a plot twist. Unfortunatly it just gave too many clues and it's very easy to figue out what's going on and it's annoying to watch the clueless protagonist. At least it gets props for a unstereotypical ending.… Expand
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  3. iom.
    3
    Uh, no; the critics are pretty much right— in fact, maybe too generous. It's not even slightly good. Unfortunately, it would've been better just by the full filming of Kate's yayas. Yep. Stay away.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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