Cold Creek Manor
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: September 19, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
15
Negative:
12
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38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
[Figgis] has made a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense. Of course preposterous things happen in all thrillers, but there must be at least a gesture in the direction of plausibility, or we lose patience. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Richard Jeffries' script tosses together bits of plot borrowed from such "bad things happen when you leave the city" classics as "Straw Dogs" and "Deliverance" without any awareness of how or why genre conventions work. Read full review
38
PremiereLaine Ewen
Clunky and riddled with clichés from start to finish, which is a shame because the cast is able and is led by Oscar-nominated director Mike Figgis. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The most disturbing aspect of Cold Creek Manor -- a predictable, disjointed "Cape Fear" knockoff -- is that a script this disjointed and unoriginal could actually get the Hollywood green light. Read full review
30
Washington PostReilly Capps
This movie isn't a thriller, it's an insomnia killer. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
About as thrilling as cleaning out your garage. Read full review
30
Village VoiceEd Park
CCM's dissipated endgame borrows soggily from "The Ring," resulting in something that wouldn't make it past the first script meeting for Scary Movie 4. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's sad to see risk-taking director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, Hotel) do a generic thriller for a paycheck and then not even screw with the rules. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Deafeningly dull movie. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
A gothic thriller called Cold Creek Manor extrudes an 80-minute idea -- I may be overgenerous here -- into 118 minutes that feel like an eternity.
20
Film ThreatKevin Carr
Figgis is clueless on how to make a thriller. He falls into all the traps of a first-time suspense director, and he can't help but focus on all the depressing faults of the shockingly dull characters. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
It's discouraging to witness a filmmaker who clearly yearns for the indie world yield to the temptations of mindless movie manufacturing. At least Figgis made it as soulless as possible. Read full review
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