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The Skeleton Key (2005)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bob Townsend "...The Skeleton Key never unlocks any really scary doors." more... D   Boston Globe Wesley Morris "...come the final act, it manages to be insulting and, somehow, playfully absurd at the same time." more... C   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...one of those movies that explains too much while it is explaining too little, and leaves us with a surprise at the end that makes more sense the less we think about it." more... C+ E! Online "This is a Hollywood star slumming for cash by appearing in a schlocky psychological thriller that's supposed to have a supposed air of dignity." more... F   Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown "For anyone zombified by creaky thriller clichés, Skeleton is a fine little shot in the head." more... B   filmcritic.com Sean O'Connell "You¿d think we¿d seen it all before, but the jolts had members of my preview audience shrieking in uncomfortable delight." more... C   Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen "A richly crafted chunk of hoodoo horror that comes up short in the bone-rattling department." more... B- New York Post Lou Lumenick "Kate Hudson's flatlining career isn't going to be resuscitated by The Skeleton Key..." more... C- New York Times Manohla Dargis "One of the most enjoyably inane movies of the season, this faux Southern Gothic offers an embarrassment of geek pleasures." more... B- ReelViews James Berardinelli "The Skeleton Key delivers its share of cheap scares but never unlocks the door to the creepiness that would have made this is memorable movie-going experience." more... C+ San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub "...a well-intentioned horror film that is weighted down by stellar cast members who for the most part act as if they don't want to be there." more... C- Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "It's far from strikingly original, but it's well-acted, skillfully plotted and moderately chilling..." more... B- USA Today "...audiences may feel they've seen this story on an episode of some old TV drama or read something like it in Nancy Drew and the Moss-Covered Mansion." more... C+ * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)