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Skulls, The
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6.8

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

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Mr. Showbiz F. X. Feeney

This lightweight thriller has an enjoyable premise.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Antielitist, anti-hypocrisy, pro-feel-good entertainment.

Film.com John Hartl

You might not want to pay top dollar for The Skulls, but at the right price, it delivers.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Cohen drives the film at a galloping pace, but it's not fast enough to outrun its absurdity.

Film.com Gemma Files

Not quite good enough to leave more than a vaguely pleasant, vaguely disappointing aftertaste.

Los Angeles Times Robin Rauzi

It contains, perhaps, one pinkie-toe bone of surprise in its skeleton of cliche.

LA Weekly Ron Stinger

Screenwriter John Pogue and director Rob Cohen expose only the dullness of their own imaginations.

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

A fast, slick, outlandish fiasco that starts out well and then seems to drop right off a cliff.

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

When it comes to being brainless, The Skulls is at the head of the class.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Brainless thriller.

The New York Times Dave Kehr

Less interested in politics than in profitably flattering the suspicions and resentments of its intended teenage audience.

Film.com Tom Keogh

Looks plain silly without an appropriate tone or sustaining context.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

An exercise in unintentional farce.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Initially tolerable but increasingly stupid thriller.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Dopey "thriller."

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

So inept it's almost entertaining.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

So ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur.

Village Voice Jessica Winter

Energetic and thoroughly brainless.

Variety Godfrey Chesire

A silly, hackneyed college suspenser put across with all the contrived banality of a bad '70s TV movie.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Full of conspiracies, all The Skulls lacks is a brain.

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

This one's a pile of crap that won't start.

TNT RoughCut Graham Verdon

This skull is brainless.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Plummets into the realm of ludicrous failure.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Never graduates above the boneheaded.

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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Skulls, The
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