The Skeleton Key PG-13

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  • 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

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User Ratings: 192,240
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
Nov 26, 2005
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
Oct 11, 2006
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. Full Review
eFilmCritic.com
Oct 31, 2007
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. Full Review
Black Horror Movies
Jan 6, 2020
Rating: 3/5 -- Its ultimate twist is both admirable and startling, making this savory gumbo worth a nibble. Full Review
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Oct 20, 2005
A genuinely creepy offering in a world filled with contrived bland dramas posing as thrillers. Full Review
Cinema Crazed
Apr 29, 2009
Reinvigorates the supernatural thriller genre with a much needed infusion of new ideas and just plain nasty, digital-free mischief.
Long Island Press
Mar 31, 2007

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.

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  • UPC: 025192585029
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