| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray |
"...laughably witless..." more... |
D- |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"This is a D-list starlet's movie, something that should have ended up in Denise Richards's lap." more... |
D+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...I cherished this movie in all of its lurid glory." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a sleek, fast nightmare thriller that, like Berry in the film, looks good but acts crazy." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...this one is just okay." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...one just wishes that the filmmakers would have been a little more acknowledging of their creation’s pulpy roots." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"By the time Gothika reaches a particularly lame denouement, it, too, has become a ghost of its promising former self." more... |
C+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...ludicrous..." more... |
D |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"It is a thoroughly synthetic confection, compounded of clichés drawn from a half-dozen genres and subgenres..." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The final 30 minutes represents a meltdown of almost unimaginable proportions..." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a stupefyingly stupid thriller..." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"Constantly bouncing from derivative to ridiculous and back to derivative again..." more... |
D+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...an intense thrill ride." more... |
B |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"Hard on the eyes, even with Halle." more... |
C |
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