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The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)

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Average Rating: 2.8/10
Reviews Counted: 36
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 35

The Haunting of Molly Hartley is a rather lifeless horror endeavor, with a pedestrian plot and few scares.

Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 7

The Haunting of Molly Hartley is a rather lifeless horror endeavor, with a pedestrian plot and few scares.

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Go and Broken Hearts Club producer Mickey Liddell makes his feature directorial debut with this suspense thriller about a high-school student who arrives in a new town only to find that her frightful past won't be forgotten so easily. Molly Hartley (Haley Bennett) was all ready for a fresh start in life, and kindly classmate Joseph (Chace Crawford) was more than willing to help out by showing her the ropes around school. But Molly Hartley is a girl with a sinister secret. Only when she discovers

PG-13, 1 hr. 26 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Mickey Liddell

Written By: John Travis, Rebecca Sonnenshine

In Theaters: Oct 31, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Feb 24, 2009

Box Office:$13.4M

Freestyle Releasing

If you get past the retro Nancy Drew title, this is a worthwhile effort.

November 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Tony Wong

Toronto Star

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The Haunting of Molly Hartley isn't the least bit haunting. It's just cheap.

November 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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God and Satan duke it out for the soul of a young girl in The Haunting of Molly Hartley, an unexpectedly cynical addition to the teen-scream genre.

November 3, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

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It would take hallucinations of a powerful kind indeed to find anything worthwhile in The Haunting of Molly Hartley, a dead-on-arrival thriller that resolutely fails to come to life.

November 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Sam Adams

Los Angeles Times

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It's no Rosemary's Baby, but for teens looking for a quick fix on All Hallow's Day, it will do.

November 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Chelsea Bain

Boston Globe

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The story's a snooze, so the filmmakers punch it up with smash cuts and thunderclaps that turn the most laughably banal items into cheap jack-in-the-box shocks. They'll make you flinch -- but then again, so will most of the dialogue.

October 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Adam Markovitz

Entertainment Weekly

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...an entirely forgettable (and utterly lightweight) horror endeavor.

February 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A watered-down version of prior, better films, 'The Haunting of Molly Hartley' is as dumb as a box of Halloween candy.

November 9, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Why do filmmakers bother? Are they crazy? Are we crazy? And if not, why do we keep paying $8 to see the same movie again?

November 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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David Bezanson

Filmcritic.com

I can't believe that Freestyle actually got this movie to be released in the theaters. It's dull, boring, and at best, laughably bad.

November 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sin Magazine

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Austin Kennedy

Sin Magazine

...almost as inept as the movie's advertising campaign, which gives away the 'surprise' ending on the posters.

November 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

What transpires is everybody's guess, and all of it leads to what may take the blue ribbon for the least exciting climax ever to festoon a horror picture.

November 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Story about the devil's daughter that is poorly written but well acted

November 4, 2008 Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com

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Jackie K. Cooper

jackiekcooper.com Source: jackiekcooper.com

The acting in Haunting is cardboard as can be, and although Bennett tries hard to engage us, she�(TM)s seemingly interchangeable with any number of teen actresses currently roaming the airwaves at the CW.

November 4, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Pete Hammond

Boxoffice Magazine

The Haunting of Molly Hartley, sort of an updated Rosemary's Baby for teens, sucks most of the suspense out of its own suspense-thriller before the story even gets going.

November 3, 2008 Comment

Larry Ratliff

San Antonio Express-News Source: San Antonio Express-News

A more accurate title would have been The Annoying Flashbacks of Molly Hartley, or Molly Hartley's Possibly Genetic Mental Disorder or even Molly Hartley's Series of Super-Sucky Unfortunate Events.

November 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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David Schmeichel

Jam! Movies

It's a horror film better suited for skittish cats than humans.

November 3, 2008 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Keith Phipps

AV Club

As it races from one unlikely trauma to the next for poor Molly, the movie forgets one key thing: The devil is in the details.

November 1, 2008 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)

St. Paul Pioneer Press

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It wasn't that bad, but the ending was really awful and ruined the whole thing! I suppose, thinking about it, at least it was a bit original for a story of this type, but it still wasn't really what you would expect or hope for!Up until the end, this is okay for a b-grade, straight to DVD type movie. Haley Bennett is

November 8, 2008

Nicki Marie

Super Reviewer

I almost didn't watch it, the first 5 minutes were pretty boring and strange. But then it got nutty real fast. It held me at the edge of my bed till the end wondering what's going on, who's insane, what's real?! It's creepy, religious, fun and it has Chace Crawford in it. Plus, not one, but two girls from 90210. Awesome!

August 30, 2010

Alexis Nomm

Super Reviewer

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