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Dark Skies writer director Scott Stewart has a solid cast, an interesting premise, and some admirable ambitions, but he can't figure out what to do with any of them, and the result is a dull, muddled effort that will bore all but the most devoted horror buffs.
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Alien abductions are a truly terrifying idea, and building an alien abduction movie on the template of "Poltergeist" is a great idea. But "Poltergeist" had one thing "Dark Skies" is sorely in need of: follow-through. December 4, 2018 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Alien abductions are a truly terrifying idea, and building an alien abduction movie on the template of "Poltergeist" is a great idea. But "Poltergeist" had one thing "Dark Skies" is sorely in need of: follow-through.
Drew Taylor
Zero points for originality, but interestingly messy at the same time. April 4, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Zero points for originality, but interestingly messy at the same time.
David Jenkins
An old-fashioned scary movie; a sci-fi horror that is a workmanlike piece of film-making, with some effective shocks, cheerfully borrowing from other sources, most obviously Spielberg. April 4, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
An old-fashioned scary movie; a sci-fi horror that is a workmanlike piece of film-making, with some effective shocks, cheerfully borrowing from other sources, most obviously Spielberg.
Peter Bradshaw
Time and again, Stewart squanders the opportunity to do anything remotely interesting or worthwhile ... April 4, 2013 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Time and again, Stewart squanders the opportunity to do anything remotely interesting or worthwhile ...
Tom Huddleston
There's little to fear from this rather tame genre outing. February 25, 2013 | Full Review…
There's little to fear from this rather tame genre outing.
Justin Lowe
Dark Skies is sort of supernatural, but it's really more super natural....[it's] about the fragility of family, a muted meditation on how precious it is. February 25, 2013 | Full Review…
Dark Skies is sort of supernatural, but it's really more super natural....[it's] about the fragility of family, a muted meditation on how precious it is.
Stephanie Zacharek
Dark Skies is alien encounter done on the cheap. September 18, 2019 | Full Review…
Dark Skies is alien encounter done on the cheap.
Noah Berlatsky
Puts a new spin on a tired subgenre. June 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Puts a new spin on a tired subgenre.
Matthew Lucas
Dark Skies works best when it leans on this nerve. It's tapping into a low-level fear, but one that's extremely relatable, and therefore more able to get under one's skin than a typical boogeyman. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Dark Skies works best when it leans on this nerve. It's tapping into a low-level fear, but one that's extremely relatable, and therefore more able to get under one's skin than a typical boogeyman.
Marisa LaScala
Alas, several decades of Majestic 12 conspiracy theories work to undermine the novelty and Stewart's best efforts. Fun, nonetheless. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Alas, several decades of Majestic 12 conspiracy theories work to undermine the novelty and Stewart's best efforts. Fun, nonetheless.
Tara Brady
There's a definite bittersweet tone to the end of Dark Skies and it's a bold departure from the endings from such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poltergeist or even Signs, but Stewart didn't quite bring it all the way home. December 4, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
There's a definite bittersweet tone to the end of Dark Skies and it's a bold departure from the endings from such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poltergeist or even Signs, but Stewart didn't quite bring it all the way home.
Dave Trumbore
Russell and Hamilton convince as the initially skeptical parents who come under suspicion from neighbors, but are eclipsed by the subtle performance of Dakota Goyo as their troubled eldest son. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Russell and Hamilton convince as the initially skeptical parents who come under suspicion from neighbors, but are eclipsed by the subtle performance of Dakota Goyo as their troubled eldest son.
Terry Staunton
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