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Genre :

Thriller

Release Date :

November 06, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Starring :

Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Enzo Cilenti, Corey Johnson

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..you're left with a shaggy-dog tale of the most obvious kind..”
by Jeff Shannon [Seattle Times]
Review rate : D

“..the third best paranormal film currently in theaters..”
by Tom Long [Detroit News]
3 of 4

“..pretty damned clever..”
by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]
2 of 4

“..may not be the most honest movie in the galaxy, but it's got one thing right: With horror, what you don't see is usually more terrifying than what you do...”
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
“..may be humorless, paranoid nonsense, but its biggest failure is its inability to scare..”
by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
2 of 4

“..legitimately scary enough to keep you in your seat..”
by Kara Nesvig [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
1 of 4

“..isn't content, though, to simply exploit some real-life tragedies to push a cheap movie..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
2 of 4

“..has a clever gimmick and nothing more..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2 of 4

“..delivers a few goose bumps..”
by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star]
2.5 of 4

“..creates an appropriately eerie mood through its visuals..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..boasts a creepy kind of joke - and a confusing kind of horror..”
by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
2 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Reviewed by Robert Abele [LA Times]

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