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Ginger Snaps (2001)

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Reviews Counted:47

Fresh:42

Rotten:5

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: The strong female cast and biting satire of teenage life makes Ginger Snaps far more memorable than your average werewolf movie -- or teen flick.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) are unusual sisters. For a school project they take pictures of each other in various suicide poses that look frighteningly realistic. No... Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) are unusual sisters. For a school project they take pictures of each other in various suicide poses that look frighteningly realistic. No other students will talk to them. Ginger is almost sixteen, Brigitte a year younger, but they are in the same classes, and neither of them has gotten her period yet. They do virtually everything together--in fact, their motto is "Together Forever"--until one night Ginger gets attacked by the Beast of Bailey Downs, which previously had been killing and eviscerating dogs. And Ginger then begins to change.... John Fawcett's debut feature film is everything a good horror film should be--creepy, weird, oddly funny, sexy, and very bloody, with its conclusion taking place on Halloween night. Michael Shields's moody score lofts above every scene like dark shadows about to envelop the characters. Perkins and Isabelle are outstanding as the two morbid Fitzgerald sisters with a taste for death. This independent Canadian production also stars Mimi Rogers as the mother who can't wait for her daughters to menstruate. [More]

Starring: Emily Perkins, Mimi Rogers, Katherine Isabelle, Kristopher Lemche

Starring: Emily Perkins, Mimi Rogers, Katherine Isabelle, Kristopher Lemche, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton, John Bourgeois, Peter Keleghan, Christopher Redman

Director: John Fawcett

Director: John Fawcett
Story: Karen Walton, John Fawcett
Producer: Steve Hoban, Karen Lee Hall
Composer: Michael Shields

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Oct 23, 2001

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The ideas are thin, and the scene-by-scene execution of them is bumbling.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/19/02
Ray Conlogue
Ray Conlogue
Globe and Mail
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Ginger Snaps starts out so well that its terrible last half hour feels insulting.

Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment Comment
03/05/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

Reminded me of the early work of David Cronenberg

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
02/17/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

The film retains its perverse edge with an ambiguous ending that resists both options and instead emphasizes the power of the bonds of female friendship.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
12/28/01
Kirsten Markson
Kirsten Markson
PopMatters

This grisly werewolf film is actually a black comedy about a teen girl encountering menstruation. Yes, really.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
12/10/01
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

A superbly realized take on the perils of being different in a world that demands conformity.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
11/23/01
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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It deserves a cult following among satire-loving, feminist-minded gore aficionados who appreciate a well-made human tail.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/13/01
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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It's altogether devilishly cunning.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
11/12/01
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps cleverly links lycanthropy to vaginal flow.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/08/01
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

The funniest werewolf movie since "An American Werewolf in London" and the darkest high-school movie since "Heathers."

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
10/29/01
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

[The] script is full of inventions so felicitous that you can only wonder why no one ever thought of them before.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/27/01
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Canada. Werewolves. It's the smartest and funniest scary movie in a long time -- and a true feminist horror film.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
10/26/01
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com

Fawcett is fundamentally a sly, dry satirist, with a distinct sensibility and a promising talent of his own.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/25/01
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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The linkage between puberty and lycanthropy ... is imagined with enough savage wit to count as an act of genre resuscitation.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/23/01
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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When you can see through a film, it's not as much fun.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
10/19/01
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

The best teenage werewolf movie ever made.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/08/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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The wickedly effective performances by the two leads turn what would otherwise be a forgettable, low-budget movie into an intriguing little tale of the macabre.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
10/07/01
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

A terrific Halloween-type movie for those wishing to celebrate a little early.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/05/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Hopefully this film will finally find an audience.

Full Review Source: Mike Bracken's Horror Films | comment Comment
09/24/01
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken's Horror Films

It's all downhill from there, but there is something efficiently creepy about the enclosed world of two alienated young women in suburbia.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
08/10/01
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
 
 
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