Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: May 1, 2001 Wide
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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 121
Single father Will Reed (Treat Williams) and his teenaged son Seth (Jonathan Jackson) have increasingly uncomfortable conflicts that go beyond the usual coming-of-age difficulties. Seth has grown reclusive and mysterious as his father does his best to communicate with him. Seth's binge drinking and drug use get him in trouble with his girlfriend Robin (Schuyler Fisk) and her family, and his unwelcome advances on Tina (Linda Hamilton), a co-worker of Will's who has a crush on Will, make things
May 1, 2001 Wide
Jul 24, 2001
Artisan Entertainment
All Critics (5) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (4) | DVD (7)
There's no tension here, and when it comes to thrillers, that's about the worst transgression that exists.
Skeletons In the Closet doesn't do a very good job of creating tension and, consequently, feels like little more than a movie-of-the-week melodrama
Unfortunately pathetic production values
Excellent little crime thriller/mystery. An unknown hidden gem. Engaging performances, a tight solid script, and superb directing. For being shot on a shoestring budget this film certainly hits home. Forget "The Good Son" or "Joshua". Skeletons in the Closet crushes those films! "Treat Williams plays the father,
May 24, 2008Super Reviewer
The ultracheap production completely distracts from a reasonably good story. The decent cast does a good job, but when they don't have much to work with, their efforts are in vain. There are some suspenseful moments, but again the production is so poor, it ruins it.
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