The Wicker Man
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36 out of 100

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3.4 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski, Nicolas Cage
  • Summary: In Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 horror classic, Nicolas Cage stars as a sheriff investigating a young girl's disappearance from an isolated, mysterious island.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    75
    Profoundly disturbing, blood-chilling suspenser.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    50
    In the end, LaBute's remake is an interesting idea that never transforms into a particularly satisfying movie.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    50
    Well intentioned, but only occasionally creepy.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    As an allegory of religious conflict, the '73 film is brilliantly constructed and ends with a punctuation mark that was shocking in its day. LaBute's movie attempts to shock, as well, and does: Given the names involved and the casting of Cage, it is shockingly bad.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 53
  3. Negative: 32 out of 53
  1. HannaA-L
    10
    This movie was so much better than the original. Move with the times everyone, lame folk music and slow slow SLOW plots are not interesting to the modern audience. The original was alright, but the 2006 one was SO much slicker, had better symbolism and imagery. Nic Cage was amazing, and so were the rest of the cast. This is one of my favourite films. The only reason people gave it such a bagging was because they are stuck in the past and can't accept modern ideas and that movie making has changed in the past thirty years. It is definitely a 10. Well done Nic Cage.… Expand
  2. diego9901
    8
    nunca fui fanático de la original pero esta nueva adaptación es un lento pero seguro paso a un nuevo genero de películas de suspenso dramáticotico lento y aunque este nuevo genero no le gustara a muchos a los otros les parecerá una evolución en el suspenso… Expand
  3. MiguelG.
    7
    An average thriller that I enjoyed
  4. MDawg
    4
    Stunning. Courageous. A feast for the eyes and ears. These are but some of my reactions to Nicolas Cage's (in my opinion BAFTA winning performance) in The Wicker Man. He manages to suprise audiences time and time again with depth of characters that only he can bring forth to the acting table. Quality, not quantity has always been my motto and i think this film can be beautifully summed up by one shortt, crisp and well executed line that fits so perfectly with the running themes of despair and fear: "What's in the bag, a shark or something?" .... A must see.… Expand

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