The Skeleton Key (Blu-ray) PG-13
Fearing Is Believing
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 7, 2010
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kate Hudson & Gena Rowlands | |
Performer: | Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant & John Hurt | |
Directed by | Iain Softley | |
Screenwriting by | Ehren Kruger | |
Produced by | Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher & Iain Softley | |
Director of Photography: | Daniel Mindel | |
Executive Production by | Clayton Townsend |
Entertainment Reviews:
A paint-by-numbers supernatural thriller that's more interesting for its locations than for its story.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 4/5 --
This surprisingly fun psychological thriller -- featuring brilliant turns from veterans Gena Rowlands and John Hurt -- could well be the sleeper hit of the year.
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The List
A genuinely creepy offering in a world filled with contrived bland dramas posing as thrillers.
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Cinema Crazed
Rating: C --
Unlocks a mystery, but the journey is fraught with the familiar.
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Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
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] basic bayou thriller distinguished by a very self-conscious subversive streak...
Entertainment Weekly
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: 48,436
- UPC: 025192049842
- Shipping Weight: 0.18/lbs (approx)
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