The movie's atmosphere is moody and intense, bubbling like a caldron. Unfortunately, the broth turns out to be stone soup.
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01/01/00
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The Bone Collector (1999)
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Reviews Counted:84
Fresh:23
Rotten:61
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: A talented cast is wasted on a bland attempt at a suspenseful, serial killer flick.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Washington is Lincoln Rhyme, a successful police officer and author of crime novels. After a freak accident on the job, Rhyme is left paralyzed from the neck down (except for his index finger).... [More]
Starring: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker
Director: Phillip Noyce
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Reviews for The Bone Collector
The real killer... is easily spotted in the movie's one scene that isn't specifically designed to move the plot forward.
11/22/02
Noyce resorts to desperate scare-movie cliches that will disappoint even the easily-frightened.
01/01/00
good production, direction, acting; poorly scripted climax.
01/01/00
The Bone Collector can't overcome limits of its script and it is unlikely to remain in viewers' memory for a long time.
02/16/05
The film assumes the characteristics of a bad slasher movie.
01/01/00
The Bone Collector never comes close to the moral chill of Seven or even the step-by-step fascination generated by any number of HBO true-crime shows.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhat is Denzel Washington doing in trash like this?
01/01/00
The Bone Collector blows its budget on helicopters, fleets of cop cars, gory effects and the charisma of Denzel Washington to bring this pointless hackwork to theaters.
01/01/00
Jolie here emerges as a bland, practically sexless ingenue.
01/01/00
Although the material is utterly conventional, the film does have a lot going for it.
01/01/00
A thriller that also manages to focus on the art of mentoring.
03/13/02
The film never really gathers suspense and tension.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe filmmakers forgot to satisfactorily conceal the identity of the homicidal title character.
11/29/09
Assembled from off-the-shelf thriller contrivances, likable characters and utter absurdity, with one of those scores that's the musical equivalent of trying to scrape the burnt meat off the bottom of the pot.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe material is crude, sado-porn slop, and not even a gem talent like Washington (or a rising one like Jolie) can make it smell much better.
01/01/00
Reasonably entertaining.
01/01/00
Thriller cops Hitchcock idea but stays mostly prone.
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Worth watching.
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