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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 15, 2005
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kate Hudson & Gena Rowlands | |
Performer: | John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard & Joy Bryant | |
Directed by | Iain Softley | |
Screenwriting by | Ehren Kruger | |
Produced by | Michael Shamberg, Iain Softley & Stacey Sher | |
Director of Photography: | Daniel Mindel | |
Executive Production by | Clayton Townsend |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Es predecible y soporífera, llena de clichés y lugares comunes, sin lograr crear nunca la atmósfera adecuada para que el espectador logre una conexión emocional
Moviola
Rating: 2/4 --
Pretty much what you would expect from the screenwriter of disappointing films such as Scream 3, Reindeer Games and Arlington Road.
Christianity Today
Rating: 2/5 --
The voodoo lore is sketchy (it can't hurt unbelievers, except when it can), the plot obviously little but build-up to the big reveal.
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eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 3.8/5 --
Ever since The Sixth Sense, thriller "twists" have become increasingly lame and pointless, but in The Skeleton Key, it actually works quite well.
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Black Horror Movies
Rating: 3/5 --
Its ultimate twist is both admirable and startling, making this savory gumbo worth a nibble.
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Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
A genuinely creepy offering in a world filled with contrived bland dramas posing as thrillers.
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Cinema Crazed
Reinvigorates the supernatural thriller genre with a much needed infusion of new ideas and just plain nasty, digital-free mischief.
Long Island Press
Product Description:
After New Orleans hospice worker Caroline (Kate Hudson) answers a help wanted ad, she finds herself working as the live-in caretaker of Ben Devereaux (John Hurt), a stroke victim who has lost his ability to speak. Ben's wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands), presents Caroline with a skeleton key to open any door in the house--with the exception of one, which she claims she has never been able to open. But curiosity gets the best of her, and Caroline opens the door to find a wealth of materials representing the old house's history of hoodoo, an ancient form of folk magic. She soon discovers that the house harbors a dark secret--one that Violet knows more about than she first admits.
Breaking her string of lighthearted romantic comedies, Kate Hudson gives a performance that proves she's more than capable of playing a feisty damsel in distress. Ehren Kruger's (THE RING) script gives her some physically demanding scenes, while providing the audience with a steady string of effective jolts culminating in a SIXTH SENSE-style twist that few are likely to see coming. Louisiana's swampy, heavy atmosphere is literally a character in the film, while Gena Rowlands, at age 75, astounds once again with one of her most surprising roles.
Breaking her string of lighthearted romantic comedies, Kate Hudson gives a performance that proves she's more than capable of playing a feisty damsel in distress. Ehren Kruger's (THE RING) script gives her some physically demanding scenes, while providing the audience with a steady string of effective jolts culminating in a SIXTH SENSE-style twist that few are likely to see coming. Louisiana's swampy, heavy atmosphere is literally a character in the film, while Gena Rowlands, at age 75, astounds once again with one of her most surprising roles.
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- Sales Rank: 38,009
- UPC: 025192585029
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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