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The Skeptic (2009)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:1

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:May 1, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: Following the mysterious death of his aunt, power lawyer Bryan Becket (Tim Daly) moves into the elderly woman's purportedly haunted Victorian mansion. A die hard skeptic, he dismisses one eerie... Following the mysterious death of his aunt, power lawyer Bryan Becket (Tim Daly) moves into the elderly woman's purportedly haunted Victorian mansion. A die hard skeptic, he dismisses one eerie incident after another, until the haunting turns so personal and vicious, Becket's cool, unemotional veneer begins to unravel. Whispers in the night, things he sees in the darkness, clues of a horrible secret, turn our rationalist into a terrified and reluctant seeker. A seeker of a truth so unspeakable it could destroy him. And the mystery, always just out of reach down the darkened hall, is not fully revealed until the film's final moments. And even then, it leaves a tantalizing question. --© IFC Films [More]

Starring: Tim Daly, Tom Arnold, Zoe Saldana, Edward Herrmann

Starring: Tim Daly, Tom Arnold, Zoe Saldana, Edward Herrmann, Andrea Roth, Robert Prosky, Bruce Altman, LJ Foley

Director: Tennyson Bardwell

Director: Tennyson Bardwell
Screenwriter: Tennyson Bardwell
Producer: Mary-Beth Taylor, Tennyson Bardwell, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof
Composer: Brett Rosenberg

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Dec 8, 2009

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While horror movies have become tedious fare, relying on recycled gotcha scare tactics, this brainteaser blend of the logical, psychological and psychic aims to keep viewers on their toes, as well as at the edge of their seats.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
05/03/09
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

A film with good ideas and performances but weak, predictable, two-dimensional, frustrating dialogue.

Full Review Source: Movie Retriever | comment Comment
05/06/09
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
Movie Retriever

You know you're in trouble when the most appealing element your film is Tom Arnold.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/07/09
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Tennyson Bardwell’s pretentious psycho-supernatural flick doesn’t even qualify as guilty-pleasure camp. It’s the sort of bad movie that will make you lose faith in the genre altogether.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
05/01/09
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

A mechanical compendium of anti-skepticism clichés, right down to the obligatory post-realization upchuck.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
04/28/09
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Village Voice
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The supernatural is the hobgoblin of the titular doubting Thomas in The Skeptic, though judging by writer-director Tennyson Bardwell's hapless mood shifts in this tepid horror-comedy, it seems consistency of tone deserves even less credibility.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
04/27/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
Slant Magazine

Bardwell writes and directs carefully though without inspiration, leaving open the question of whether the house is really haunted.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
05/01/09
Frank Lovece
Frank Lovece
Hollywood Reporter

Too tepid to ever get your heart racing and too simple to engage the mind.

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04/30/09
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

Old-fashioned in the worst sense, Bardwell's ghost story is heavy on Freud, light on fear.

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05/15/09
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Times
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This old-fashioned psychological ghost story ... repeatedly compels supposedly mature and intelligent people to do preposterous things in order to keep the plot moving.

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05/01/09
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
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I'll take a bunch of teenagers terrorized by chain-saw-wielding zombies any day.

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05/01/09
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Polished but dull.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/01/09
Steve Ramos
Steve Ramos
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