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The Skulls (2000)

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Reviews Counted:83

Fresh:6

Rotten:77

Average Rating:3/10

Consensus: The Skulls is full of nonsense and empty of good script and plot.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: At a top Ivy League college, a prestigious secret society has begun recruiting new members. One of their selections is Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson), a local working-class boy and star of the crew... At a top Ivy League college, a prestigious secret society has begun recruiting new members. One of their selections is Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson), a local working-class boy and star of the crew team. After a dangerous and arcane induction ceremony, Luke and other young men are welcomed into the Skulls, an elite fraternity with two former presidents and numerous powerful and important men as members. Luke enjoys his newfound privileges, which include fancy cars, money, and admittance to the law school of his choice. But when Luke's best friend and editor of the school newspaper goes investigating into the Skulls' inner sanctum and winds up mysteriously dead, Luke believes there may be sinister forces at work. Luke tries to quit the Skulls, refusing to go along with a cover-up involving the wealthy Caleb Mandrake (Paul Walker), son of the Skulls' president, and soon ominous forces are threatening not only Luke but his girlfriend, Chloe (Leslie Bibb). But can Luke get away from the Skulls, or is he a part of them forever? THE SKULLS is a creepy blending of conspiracy thriller ideas, based on the actual Skull & Bones Fraternity at Yale, which included screenwriter John Pogue as a member. [More]

Starring: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Craig T. Nelson, Leslie Bibb

Starring: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Craig T. Nelson, Leslie Bibb, Hill Harper, Steve Harris, Christopher McDonald, Jenn Melino, William L. Petersen

Director: Rob Cohen

Director: Rob Cohen
Screenwriter: John Pogue
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, John Pogue
Composer: Randy Edelman

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Reviews for The Skulls

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To call this movie simply absurd is almost to pay it a complement.

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01/01/00
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

Don't expect much brainpower in The Skulls.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle

The Skulls is an appallingly bad film on many levels.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
01/01/00
Renee Scolaro Rathke
Renee Scolaro Rathke
PopMatters

Laced with horribly clichéd secret society mumbo jumbo and unintentionally funny homoerotic undertones.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Cohen drags it on about 20 minutes too long, getting more ridiculous, until the movie finally burns itself out.

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Robert Philpot
Robert Philpot
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

It has all the charm of a lecture.

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Robert Wilonsky
Robert Wilonsky
New Times

As a breakout role for WB star Jackson, The Skulls doesn't fare as well.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Robin Rauzi
Robin Rauzi
Los Angeles Times
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It's so ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
At the Movies

Despite it's excellent cinematography, "Skulls" fails to "flesh out" a good premise.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

The Skulls turns out to be such a mediocre, listless effort.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
01/01/00
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
culturevulture.net

Laughable plot pushes The Skulls to brink of absurdity.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Skulls is shot and edited with enough verve to make you forget what a load of junk it is.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/01/00
Steve Murray
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Preposterous with a capital P."

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

With its cardboard characters and a script short on intrigue and long on long-windedness, The Skulls is a thriller with few thrills to offer.

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Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

Don't even bother renting the eventual video.

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01/01/00
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
rec.arts.movies.reviews

The Skulls? More like numbskulls.

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Susan Wloszczyna
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
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If, in fact, Skull and Bones was ground zero of a powerful conspiracy, The Skulls would be a great disinformation tool. After seeing this, no one could ever take it seriously again.

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Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

A display of some of the worst writing and filmmaking ever captured for the screen.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

The Skulls looks plain silly without an appropriate tone or sustaining context.

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01/01/00
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Film.com

It’s hard to get outraged about a movie this bad.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
 
 
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