Please enter your birth date to watch this video:
You are not allowed to view this material at this time.
X
The Skeptic Image

The Skeptic

Release Date:
31
Metascore
 4 reviews
6.3
User Score
 13 ratings
Rate Movie
Director: Tennyson Bardwell
Writer: Tennyson Bardwell
Production: Intrinsic Value Films
Movie Details: Following the mysterious death of his aunt, power lawyer Bryan Becket moves into the elderly woman's
Following the mysterious death of his aunt, power lawyer Bryan Becket moves into the elderly woman's purportedly haunted Victorian mansion. A die hard skeptic, he dismisses one eerie incident after another, until the haunting turns so personal and vicious, Becket's cool, unemotional veneer begins to unravel. Whispers in the night, things he sees in the darkness, clues of a horrible secret, turn our rationalist into a terrified and reluctant seeker. A seeker of a truth so unspeakable itFollowing the mysterious death of his aunt, power lawyer Bryan Becket moves into the elderly woman's purportedly haunted Victorian mansion. A die hard skeptic, he dismisses one eerie incident after another, until the haunting turns so personal and vicious, Becket's cool, unemotional veneer begins to unravel. Whispers in the night, things he sees in the darkness, clues of a horrible secret, turn our rationalist into a terrified and reluctant seeker. A seeker of a truth so unspeakable it could destroy him. And the mystery, always just out of reach down the darkened hall, is not fully revealed until the film's final moments. And even then, it leaves a tantalizing question. (IFC Films)… Expand
Genre(s): Thriller Horror
Production: Intrinsic Value Films
Runtime: 89 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Tennyson Bardwell
Writer: Tennyson Bardwell
Now Playing:
Play Sound
Please enter your birth date to watch this video:
You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Rate Movie

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Add your rating

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Spoiler Alert!
0/5000
Critic Reviews
(4)
31
Metascore Generally unfavorable reviews
0 Positive Ratings 0%
3 Mixed Ratings 75%
1 Negative Ratings 25%
Based on 4 Critic Reviews View All
40
Los Angeles Times
Glenn Whipp
"Old-fashioned in the worst sense, Bardwell's ghost story is heavy on Freud, light on fear." ... Read full review
40
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Lovece
"It's all an earnest effort, three decades too late." ... Read full review
40
Village Voice
Ed Gonzalez
"Though a few scary skeletons (and one doll) rattle in and out of the film's closet, Bardwell is a slave to television lexicon, allowing Bryan and his lawyer buddy (Tom Arnold) to brave the banter of shrill detective comedies, and framing his images with all the brio of your average "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" episode." ... Read full review
30
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
"The Skeptic turns into a cut-and-dried Freudian melodrama that gives repressed memory a supernatural dimension. I'll take a bunch of teenagers terrorized by chain-saw-wielding zombies any day." ... Read full review
User Reviews
(7)
6.3
User Score Generally favorable reviews
6 Positive Ratings 46%
5 Mixed Ratings 38%
2 Negative Ratings 15%
Based on 13 Ratings and 7 Reviews View All
9
betsyj
May 2, 2009
I thought this film was great! fun, suspenseful--I really liked it as did the friend with me! very good job by all the actors...I would recommend it.
9
JenniferB
May 4, 2009
Excellent A great thriller, without the gore... A good watch.
9
DavidJ
May 8, 2009
A terrific and suspenseful (though sometimes understated) ghost story with strong performances by nearly everyone in the cast. However, the A terrific and suspenseful (though sometimes understated) ghost story with strong performances by nearly everyone in the cast. However, the major revelation is Tim Daly, arguably giving his finest performance to date. A thinking person's horror film.… Expand
8
globalnomad
Nov 25, 2021
It's eleven years later and I'm looking at this movie through a nostalgic prism, and I'm enjoying most of it. Some of the dialogue early on isIt's eleven years later and I'm looking at this movie through a nostalgic prism, and I'm enjoying most of it. Some of the dialogue early on is overblown, but I can overlook that to appreciate the whole. The public, frankly, doesn't appreciate an understated ghost movie. Intellectuals don't tend to watch the genre at all, and the rest expect The Conjuring *at all times.* This one is what I'd call a cozy, old-fashioned psycho-ghost story that builds. Yes, people, you have to give it time to build. True, it lags a bit for the first 20 minutes, but you get rewarded if you're in the mood for a soothing, old-fashioned thriller to watch at home with something nice to drink and somebody nice to drink and watch with.… Expand
4
JayH.
Oct 4, 2009
Slow moving and very long to get going. It
3
tipar
Jul 3, 2018
Horror is to try to see this slow-paced boring movie without at least popcorn.
2
BillH
Jun 14, 2009
Awful, reminded me of the 1980's. Who wasted their money to make this sorry movie. Glad I didnt pay to see this!