The Skulls
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: March 31, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
17
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
68
Mr. ShowbizF. X. Feeney
This lightweight thriller has an enjoyable premise. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Antielitist, anti-hypocrisy, pro-feel-good entertainment. Read full review
50
Film.comJohn Hartl
You might not want to pay top dollar for The Skulls, but at the right price, it delivers. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Cohen drives the film at a galloping pace, but it's not fast enough to outrun its absurdity. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyRon Stinger
Screenwriter John Pogue and director Rob Cohen expose only the dullness of their own imaginations. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobin Rauzi
It contains, perhaps, one pinkie-toe bone of surprise in its skeleton of cliche. Read full review
40
Film.comGemma Files
Not quite good enough to leave more than a vaguely pleasant, vaguely disappointing aftertaste. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A fast, slick, outlandish fiasco that starts out well and then seems to drop right off a cliff. Read full review
38
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
When it comes to being brainless, The Skulls is at the head of the class.
38
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Brainless thriller. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Initially tolerable but increasingly stupid thriller. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Dopey "thriller." Read full review
30
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Less interested in politics than in profitably flattering the suspicions and resentments of its intended teenage audience. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
An exercise in unintentional farce. Read full review
30
Film.comTom Keogh
Looks plain silly without an appropriate tone or sustaining context. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
So inept it's almost entertaining. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
So ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur. Read full review
20
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Energetic and thoroughly brainless. Read full review
20
VarietyGodfrey Chesire
A silly, hackneyed college suspenser put across with all the contrived banality of a bad '70s TV movie. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Full of conspiracies, all The Skulls lacks is a brain. Read full review
10
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
This one's a pile of crap that won't start. Read full review
5
TNT RoughCutGraham Verdon
This skull is brainless. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Never graduates above the boneheaded. Read full review
0
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Plummets into the realm of ludicrous failure. Read full review
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