The Skulls Reviews
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Reel Film Reviews
...above-average teen thriller.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Matinee Magazine
Gleefully plunges through the silliness with remarkable conviction; there's a thrill to be had. Time and money are rarely wasted in such entertaining and inoffensive ways.
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| Original Score: C
Director Rob Cohen has crafted a bouncing escape yarn stocked with sharp twists and twisted characters.
eye WEEKLY
It's better than you expect going in, but not quite good enough to leave you with more than a vaguely pleasant, vaguely disappointed aftertaste.
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| Original Score: 3/5
You might not want to pay top dollar for The Skulls but at the right price, it delivers.
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
If you don't mind a cheap thrill...this one's definitely made for you!
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| Original Score: 6/10
Sacramento News & Review
The usually dependable Rob Cohen directs from a ludicrous script.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Cinemaphile.org
It's amazing that so many viewers were still seated by the time the end credits began to roll.
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| Original Score: 0/4
Initially tolerable but increasingly stupid.
The movie's unintentionally played like a comedy all the way.
Film Blather
It is so unbelievably ludicrous that I couldn't help but think that it was intentional despite Rob Cohen's constant attempts to convince me otherwise.
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| Original Score: F
Palo Alto Weekly
[Cohen] has a knack for making the most ridiculous material suspenseful.
| Original Score: 2/4
Film Quips Online
A dark, stupid tale.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
Film Threat
The filmmakers would rather exploit and inflame a class war than deconstruct it.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Sight and Sound
Through pure mismanagement, The Skulls bungles a rich seam of material.
Entertainment Today
With large amounts of alcohol and the right friends, it might be a Mystery Science Theater 3000-level hoot. Otherwise, The Skulls is a crime against humanity.
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| Original Score: F
In an otherwise boneheaded hour and a half of intrigue and silliness, The Skulls does offer one of the more memorable lines of dialogue in recent movies.
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| Original Score: 2/4
