The Skulls: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

The Skulls plummets into the realm of ludicrous failure.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jack Mathews New York Daily News (Top Critic)

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 » 12 years ago
Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Initially tolerable but increasingly stupid.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Godfrey Cheshire Variety (Top Critic)

A silly, hackneyed college suspenser put across with all the contrived banality of a bad '70s TV movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

The Skulls could have been called The Numbskulls.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

Irredeemably knuckleheaded teen-targeted tosh.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

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.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Christy Lemire Associated Press (Top Critic)

The writing is so bad that it's impossible not to laugh out loud at scenes intended to be scary or serious.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Robin Rauzi Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

40

As a breakout role for WB star Jackson, The Skulls doesn't fare as well.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review

20

The usually dependable Rob Cohen directs from a ludicrous script.
Full Review » 4 years ago
David Keyes Cinemaphile.org

0

It's amazing that so many viewers were still seated by the time the end credits began to roll.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Trevor Johnston Time Out

The movie's unintentionally played like a comedy all the way.
Full Review » 6 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

63

...above-average teen thriller.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Eugene Novikov Film Blather

0

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.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly

50

[Cohen] has a knack for making the most ridiculous material suspenseful.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

30

A dark, stupid tale.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ron Wells Film Threat

50

The filmmakers would rather exploit and inflame a class war than deconstruct it.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Xan Brooks Sight and Sound

Through pure mismanagement, The Skulls bungles a rich seam of material.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Brent Simon Entertainment Today

0

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.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Peter Keough Boston Phoenix

Empty-headed piffle.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall

40

I guess it wouldn't have been enough to just make an intelligent and gripping drama about Ivy League secret societies. No, we had to have a murder, coverup, good guys, bad guys, and so on.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Garth Franklin Dark Horizons

50

This is a straight to video job.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

30

Would be scary if it weren't so stupid.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Ben Falk BBC

40

If there was an Oscar for the Silliest Movie Category, then The Skulls might be in with a good chance of winning.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Chuck Rudolph Matinee Magazine

42

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.
Full Review » 11 years ago