The Ward
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings
- Starring: Amber Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer
- Summary:
- Director: John Carpenter
- Genre(s): Thriller, Horror
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Positive: 5 out of 18
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Mixed: 6 out of 18
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Negative: 7 out of 18
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70While by no means a masterpiece of the form, John Carpenter's The Ward is an economical period piece that still effectively demonstrates what a skilled technician can accomplish in a single location with a compact cast and sturdy old-school effects.
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60Fans excited to see John Carpenter back in bigscreen action after nine years' absence will find limited cause for joy in The Ward, a horror opus that briskly -- maybe too briskly -- charts ghostly doings at a nuthouse.
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38In the end, Carpenter offers a reasonably nice payoff to this whole misfire.
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33The Ward succeeds mainly as a checklist that keeps it consistent with Carpenter's nearly forty years of work. It has none of the smart genre appeal that put him on the map, instead resembling a desperate knock-off by someone with far less talent. Carpenter either lost his groove or the will to use it.
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Positive: 4 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 4 out of 10
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The film was good, until the ending ruined it, the ending was one of those endings that ruins the film altogether.
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