The Wicker Man

  • 2007


MOVIE IS musical original interesting compelling insulting
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6 %
15 % Rotten
$ 13 Million
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Positive Reviews 20
Negative reviews 36
Average Rating 2.2/5
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3.0
The whole thing is transparently a concoction, and so even though the movie holds you, its climax lacks that tingle of madness. All thats burning is s .. EW
0.5
Neil LaButes utterly misconceived remake of Robin Hardys 1973 cult horror film is a boring, fright free catastrophe. Time Out
1.9
But in a film thats already established its protagonist as a raging, loathsome man, theres no room here for romantic notions of crime.
1.0
LaButes version replaces the vague, sinister paganism of the original with a creepy infusion of earth mother estrogen gone haywire.
1.0
Ive seen many ill advised horror remakes in my time. The Wicker Man may be the worst ever. E Film Critic
2.5
But LaButes usually keen ear for dialogue hes become quite a successful playwright often fails him. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
The man doesnt have much left as it is, so when hes no longer able to manage those few wisps you know things have gotten pretty bad. Cinema Blend
3.0
The most risible backwoods thriller since M. Night Shyamalan traveled to The Village. One Guys Opinion
1.9
Despite retaining significant chunks of Shaffers dialogue to go along with the basic story structure, LaBute has transformed the eerie, disturbing psy .. ReelViews
3.0
...Burstyn simply should have known that any film that required her to make up like Mel Gibson in Braveheart and run through fields flapping her arms ..
3.1
There isnt a weak link in this cast, and Rudd (in particular) is a standout. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
I dont know whether this remake is faithful. Did the original include a scene in which the leading man puts on a bear costume in an effort to infiltra .. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Cage lumbers around in full on shouty mode and his character is never particularly likeable ... whilst decent actresses like Frances Conroy and Ellen .. View London
2.0
The plot is nonsensical but the cast and Edenic setting is worth a look. Cs Monitor
1.5
The movies depiction of an evil matriarchal society is so over the top...one almost wonders if LaBute is intentionally aiming for laughs. Film Journal International ..
1.0
A few of the scenes are actually fairly creepy, suggesting that LaBute could make a decent horror picture, but this dull, distasteful and unintentiona .. Mountain X
4.5
Not so funny about Wicker Man is the truly awful and horrendously self conscious performances he gets out of a truly fine cast.
1.3
It is perhaps a tad unreasonable to recommend that actor Nicolas Cage and writer/director Neil LaBute be burned at the stake for what theyve done to T .. Toronto Star
1.0
Still, I cant help wishing Id checked out the 1973 Wicker Man instead. Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
Part of the originals effectiveness derived from the main character, whose strong religious convictions were ultimately used against him in the most s .. Q Network
1.5
But whats lost is the dark humor the original maintained, and thats a shame. Cinema Crazed
3.0
So he decides to remake a movie that didnt need remaking because, you know, hes got something new to add to it. Movies
2.5
I can see where LaBute is going...but the end result is unintentionally hilarious Flim Threet
1.0
To his credit Cage plays it with an admirably straight face, even when mugging a woman for her bear costume. But then he must have known from the begi .. Bbc
1.9
Strips away all that was fascinatingly subtextual and deliciously provocative about that unforgettably moody 1973 cult masterpiece, and then pisses on .. The Movie Boy
1.5
LaButes remake is an interesting idea that never transforms into a particularly satisfying movie. Calendar Live
2.0
Nicolas Cage gives the worst performance of his career opposite Kate Beahen in this useless update of Robin Hardys far creepier 1973 original suspense .. Coles Mithey
2.5
LaBute has replaced the seduction of the first film with a general sense of bewilderment and loss, and its good for building tension but doesnt fit wi ..
2.0
There are also moments that are so unintentionally funny I wish theyd bring back Mystery Science Theater 3000 to give this movie a good ribbing. 7M Pictures
1.3
If a successful marriage were ever engineered to join this artists personal Heaven and Hell, these late cinematic offspring might finally be as vigoro .. Film Freak Central
1.0
The blatancy of the outcome siphons any intended suspense, already padded by an overbearingly atmospheric score. Boxoffice Magazine
2.0
Something Wicker this way comes...and youd be advised to stay away. E Online
1.3
Unintentionally one of the funniest movies of the summer. Too bad its supposed to be a thriller. Three Movie Buffs
3.1
Critics will readily seize on the new films quirks and deem it a turkey. But the film has many (moderate) strengths. Christianity Today
1.0
The sense of dread that should pervade every frame of film is nowhere to be found. It plays like an expensively produced commercial for some organic p .. Killer Movie Reviews
0.0
When he was reading the script, and saw the part of the movie where he is supposed to run through the forest in a bear suit, I hope Cage asked for a h .. Waffle Movies
2.0
So, they have men, and sex; its just that, like the spirituality, it doesnt matter much. Decent Films
2.0
The equation is simple: LaButes art house misogyny + Warner Bros need for a late summer horror flick + a niche mood exercise that doesnt exactly screa .. Flip Side Archive
2.0
By the time hes running through the woods in a bear suit, its hard to take any of it seriously. Movie Metropolis
3.1
An exploitative mystery horror film in which Edward Woodward overacts his heart out. Cinema Sight
2.0
The whole movie is a wicker doll %u2013 competently constructed and empty in the middle. Filmcritic.com
1.9
For viewers, the biggest challenge may be holding back screams of laughter as Summersisle is revealed to be the Island of Awful Acting. ... the origin .. James Sanford on Film
3.1
All in all, I would categorize The Wicker Man as an interesting failure. Aisle Seat
1.9
LaButes meandering and goofy minded horror/suspense thriller Wicker will garner more spontaneous chuckles than an overactive feather tickling a sensit .. Movie Eye
3.0
Though downgraded perhaps in comparison to the 1973 original, this version is competent enough and holds sufficient suspense. Compuserve
4.5
Speaking of helpless, Neil LaBute fumbles into genre territory with his dippy remake of The Wicker Man, flapping through every single thriller mechani .. Cine Passion
3.0
A half compelling, half goofy and half redundant piece of remake revisionism. (Yes, thats three halves, but its that weird a movie.) Cinematical
1.5
The pacing of The Wicker Man never escaped the velocity of a trotting horse. Think of an old man making his way across the room, on a walker, to get a .. Dread Central
2.0
In the remake, LaBute has Cage beating up women with karate kicks, and has placed an insulting coda on the film that screams of studio intervention of .. Film Jerk
2.0
The Wicker Man occupies some silly, nebulous middle ground between mystery and horror. 2 The Advocate
3.0
Nic meets his ex fianc, Willow, whose submarine sized lips seem to be gradually folding around her head like a collagen Venus Flytrap. Movie Juice
1.9
Neil LaButes remake is a disastrous miscalculation, shucking religion completely and instead fashioning the tale as a battle between upstanding male d ..
2.5
Neil LaButes remake of the British horror classic is as wooden as its titular effigy... and wholly unnecessary. Imdb
3.0
Sometimes a movie hits the rarest of heights, in fact, some may refer to it as a low. A film thats so utterly bad its actually good. Chris Stuck Mann
1.9
turns Shaffers compelling war of beliefs doctrinaire Calvinism vs. dogmatic animism, each as rewarding and demanding as the other into a wishy washy c .. Online Tv Guide
3.0
This is the kind of film for which Golden Raspberries were invented.
4.5
The Wicker Mans long journey through the decades and across the ocean has led somewhere no one could have predicted, or wanted. Cbc
4.5
...features an over the top leading man utilizing every single tic in his arsenal that has ever been impersonated by a comedian, and doing so seemingl .. LYTRules.com
3.8
LaButes remake could be an atonement, a perversely clever way of turning the gun on himself... or a conspiracy theorists invective against a gender he .. Tyler Morning Telegraph (T ..
3.0
Conclusive evidence that the Broadway musical is back as a force on the big screen. Spectrum (St. George, Utah ..



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