Metacritic Film

Soul Survivors

Starring Melissa Sagemiller, Wes Bentley, Eliza Dushku, Angela Featherstone, Casey Affleck, and Luke Wilson

MPAA RATING: PG-13 for terror/violence, sexuality and some substance abuse

Artisan Entertainment
Suspense/Thriller
85 minutes | Color
USA
Released In Theaters September 7, 2001

College freshman Cassandra "Cassie" (Sagemiller) steps into a nightmare of otherworldly visitations after surviving a devastating car accident. (Artisan Entertainment)

WRITTEN BY
Steve Carpenter

DIRECTED BY
Steve Carpenter

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

20 / 100

Critic Reviews

50 Entertainment Weekly
The only possible reason to see this otherwise average afternoon waster is Sagemiller.
40 TV Guide
Despite the handsome production values and best efforts of the attractive young cast, it's hard to get deeply involved with the frantic "what's going on?" sturm und drang.
38 Chicago Tribune
One of those frustrating movies that takes forever to get where it's going, and once arriving, the frustration is increased because one realizes how much better it should have been.
30 LA Weekly
A horror movie that's not horrific enough, Soul Survivors plays like a "Twilight Zone" by way of "Touched by an Angel."
25 New York Daily News
It's nonsense. Even when its big secret is revealed in the final moments, it adds up to nothing more than a dizzy, dark, hysterical waste of time.
20 Los Angeles Times
The actors are game, but their roles lack color and depth, and it's a real struggle to survive Soul Survivors to the finish.
20 New Times (L.A.)
The film was cut down from an R rating to get a PG-13, but even if it had full-on Eliza Dushku nudity -- and it doesn't have anything close -- Soul Survivors would still suck.
20 The New York Times
There is an explanation for everything, but it is a long time coming and not worth the wait.
20 Mr. Showbiz
It is merely another inept teen movie ripping off better horror movies.
10 Variety
A horror movie without horror, a spook pic without spookiness and a metaphysical drama without the slightest spiritual tug, Soul Survivors virtually dwindles away on the screen.
0 San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer
A truly awful mix of bad direction, nonsensical story line and dialogue that appears to have been made up on the spot.

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