6 Souls
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: April 5, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 1, 2013
The film belongs to a long tradition of horror films that offensively suggest that all atheists might as well hang a Welcome sign up for the devil. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanApr 7, 2013
Along with Moore, all of them deserve some kind of credit for committing to a movie barely six souls will ever even see. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 7, 2013
An appealing cast and well-executed mood of foreboding would seem to hold some promise commercially, but the script grows silly in the third act, letting the picture down. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith PhippsApr 2, 2013
Ultimately, the silly material overwhelms the style, particularly in a final act involving magical hillbillies living in them thar hills — during which the movie attempts to make a serious point about the importance of faith in the midst of a lot of bad teeth, worse wigs and cheap jolts. Right. Read full review
40
The GuardianCath ClarkeMar 28, 2013
Is it a psychological thriller or a giddy horror of the evil-in-them-there-hills persuasion? This split-personality number can't quite decide. Read full review
30
VarietyScott FoundasApr 8, 2013
A schlock supernatural shocker. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldApr 4, 2013
The filmmakers’ aversion to coherent narrative and genuinely suspenseful visuals (not to mention a penchant for having Ms. Moore receive terrible news via cellphone) keep the movie’s mystery stew from hitting the spot. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithApr 4, 2013
A preposterous supernatural thriller that inexplicably managed to sign up Julianne Moore to star. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedApr 2, 2013
Blame who you must, but whatever went wrong with 6 Souls, God had nothing to do with it. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 4, 2013
6 Souls is regrettably sick with that familiar disease afflicting movies of this ilk: ostentatious, hollow moodiness that spreads like an unwelcome rash. Read full review
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