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Skulls, The
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Skulls, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 24 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.8 out of 10
based on 24 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13

Starring Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb, and Craig T. Nelson

For Luke McNamara (Jackson), an invitation to join the prestigious secret society, The Skulls, is a dream come true. But just when it seems that everything in Luke's life is finally going right, it all goes horribly wrong. (Universal Pictures)


GENRE(S): Suspense/Thriller  
WRITTEN BY: John Pogue  
DIRECTED BY: Rob Cohen  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 3, 2000 
Video: October 3, 2000 
Theatrical: March 31, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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68
Mr. Showbiz F. X. Feeney
This lightweight thriller has an enjoyable premise.
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67
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Antielitist, anti-hypocrisy, pro-feel-good entertainment.
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50
Film.com John Hartl
You might not want to pay top dollar for The Skulls, but at the right price, it delivers.
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50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Cohen drives the film at a galloping pace, but it's not fast enough to outrun its absurdity.
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40
Film.com Gemma Files
Not quite good enough to leave more than a vaguely pleasant, vaguely disappointing aftertaste.
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40
Los Angeles Times Robin Rauzi
It contains, perhaps, one pinkie-toe bone of surprise in its skeleton of cliche.
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40
LA Weekly Ron Stinger
Screenwriter John Pogue and director Rob Cohen expose only the dullness of their own imaginations.
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38
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A fast, slick, outlandish fiasco that starts out well and then seems to drop right off a cliff.
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38
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
When it comes to being brainless, The Skulls is at the head of the class.
38
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Brainless thriller.
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30
The New York Times Dave Kehr
Less interested in politics than in profitably flattering the suspicions and resentments of its intended teenage audience.
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30
Film.com Tom Keogh
Looks plain silly without an appropriate tone or sustaining context.
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30
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
An exercise in unintentional farce.
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30
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Initially tolerable but increasingly stupid thriller.
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30
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Dopey "thriller."
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
So inept it's almost entertaining.
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25
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
So ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur.
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20
Village Voice Jessica Winter
Energetic and thoroughly brainless.
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20
Variety Godfrey Chesire
A silly, hackneyed college suspenser put across with all the contrived banality of a bad '70s TV movie.
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20
Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
Full of conspiracies, all The Skulls lacks is a brain.
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10
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
This one's a pile of crap that won't start.
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5
TNT RoughCut Graham Verdon
This skull is brainless.
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0
Boston Globe Jay Carr
Plummets into the realm of ludicrous failure.
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0
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Never graduates above the boneheaded.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Anthony gave it a 10:
Simply perfect!!! Paul Walker gives the best in this film and the story excellent...also the OST.

Julia gave it a 10:
This is movie isn't for everyone but it certainly holds enough zeal and action to make it to the top.

Andy S. gave it an 8:
You Have to Understand Secret Societies to get this flick, Not for the narrow minded.

Conrad R. gave it a 1:
Gloomy, rather depressing movie with undesirable acting and an appalling plot.

Nathan L. gave it a 9:
It was tha sh*t!!

Ralph M. gave it a 10:
This is the best movie I have ever seen. Action Jackson rules!!

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