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The Skulls (2000)

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Reviews Counted:83

Fresh:6

Rotten:77

Average Rating:3/10

Consensus: The Skulls is full of nonsense and empty of good script and plot.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: At a top Ivy League college, a prestigious secret society has begun recruiting new members. One of their selections is Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson), a local working-class boy and star of the crew... At a top Ivy League college, a prestigious secret society has begun recruiting new members. One of their selections is Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson), a local working-class boy and star of the crew team. After a dangerous and arcane induction ceremony, Luke and other young men are welcomed into the Skulls, an elite fraternity with two former presidents and numerous powerful and important men as members. Luke enjoys his newfound privileges, which include fancy cars, money, and admittance to the law school of his choice. But when Luke's best friend and editor of the school newspaper goes investigating into the Skulls' inner sanctum and winds up mysteriously dead, Luke believes there may be sinister forces at work. Luke tries to quit the Skulls, refusing to go along with a cover-up involving the wealthy Caleb Mandrake (Paul Walker), son of the Skulls' president, and soon ominous forces are threatening not only Luke but his girlfriend, Chloe (Leslie Bibb). But can Luke get away from the Skulls, or is he a part of them forever? THE SKULLS is a creepy blending of conspiracy thriller ideas, based on the actual Skull & Bones Fraternity at Yale, which included screenwriter John Pogue as a member. [More]

Starring: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Craig T. Nelson, Leslie Bibb

Starring: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Craig T. Nelson, Leslie Bibb, Hill Harper, Steve Harris, Christopher McDonald, Jenn Melino, William L. Petersen

Director: Rob Cohen

Director: Rob Cohen
Screenwriter: John Pogue
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, John Pogue
Composer: Randy Edelman

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May 22, 2001

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A silly, hackneyed college suspenser put across with all the contrived banality of a bad '70s TV movie.

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01/01/00
Godfrey Cheshire
Godfrey Cheshire
Variety
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Brainless.

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01/01/00
Graham Verdon
Graham Verdon
TNT's Rough Cut

This is unbelievably dumb.

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01/01/00
Griffin Van Malssen
Griffin Van Malssen
Charlotte Observer

Like guano in a bat cave, the implausibilities pile up until the audience can justify its time and expense only by laughing at the screen.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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The contrivances pile up more quickly than snowfall in a Buffalo winter, and the ending is so lame that it provoked guffaws from theater-goers attending the screening along with me.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Hare-brained suspense thriller.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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The Skulls could have been called The Numbskulls.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

The Skulls plummets into the realm of ludicrous failure.

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01/01/00
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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The preview audience chatted happily all the way through the movie, indicating its destiny as a perennial rental favorite for frat-house living rooms across the U.S.A.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jessica Winter
Jessica Winter
Village Voice

You'll probably want to skip this picture.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

If you don't mind a cheap thrill...this one's definitely made for you!

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
01/01/00
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

You might not want to pay top dollar for The Skulls but at the right price, it delivers.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
John Hartl
Seattle Times

The Skulls is so dumb it's an affront to the very audience it was intended for.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
John Paul Powell
John Paul Powell
Jam! Movies

Shot from one of the worst scripts to make it to the big screen in recent memory, it represents the sludge at the bottom of the Hollywood barrel.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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The film drags in the middle, ends with an anticlimax and requires a fair amount of suspension of disbelief throughout.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Kendall Morgan
Kendall Morgan
Dallas Morning News

Fans of the young leads and aspiring MST3K writers may enjoy this balderdash; others are advised not to waste their time.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

This movie takes itself way too seriously, though, unfortunately, not quite so seriously that I was able to suppress those spontaneous guffaws that kept arising.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Normally, the skull houses the brain, but in The Skulls eviction notices are prominently posted and any cranial inhabitants have long since left the building.

Full Review Source: MovieJuice! | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!

One big problem with the film from the start: I never understood why being a Skull was so special in the first place.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

To call this movie simply absurd is almost to pay it a complement.

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01/01/00
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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