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Metascore
30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorAmusing, ultra-deadpan entertainment. The director was lucky enough to have a cast who were in on the joke and tuned in to his wavelength.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonElegant, scary fun.
- 65TNT RoughCutTNT RoughCutFairly enjoyable as an old-fashioned horror yarn -- or, if that doesn't work for you, as a black comedy about an obsessive collector.
- 60Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteCompulsively watchable and its occasional lapses into that familiar Polanskian overkill are almost charming.
- 40The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAbout as scary as a sock-puppet re-enactment of "The Blair Witch Project," and not nearly as funny.
- The once-talented Mr. Polanski is hard to spot.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA film not even a star as foxed and foxy as Johnny Depp himself could save.
- 30Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanNever quite becomes unwatchable.
- 30Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesA nonsensical mishmash.
- 25Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrA supernatural thriller that is neither super, natural, nor thrilling.