The Ugly (1997)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: Aug 26, 1997 Wide
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Housed inside the grimy walls of a horrific New Zealand asylum there sits a serial killer waiting to be determined sane enough to stand trial. The mental hospital is run by the sinister Dr. Marlowe, who looks the other way when his thuggish orderlies occasionally rough up the inmates. Into this hellish place comes the cocky Dr. Karen Shoemaker, a psychiatrist famed for having made major breakthroughs with another murderer. Though Marlowe thinks that no one could reach Simon Cartwright, the
Aug 26, 1997 Wide
Sep 20, 1999
Cast
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Paolo Rotondo
Simon Cartwright -
Rebecca Hobbs
Dr. Karen Shoemaker -
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Simon's Mother -
Roy Ward
Dr. Marlowe -
Vanessa Byrnes
Julie -
P. Glover
Phillip -
Christopher Graham
Robert -
Jon Brazier
Frank
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Movie: ID: 15632 Title: The Ugly Release Date: 1997-08-26 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 5 Status: 1
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Was that an aesthetic choice? Whatever the reason, it was annoying and distracting.