Bad idea. Bad film.
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12/30/06
The Wicker Man (2006)
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Reviews Counted:100
Fresh:15
Rotten:85
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: Puzzlingly misguided, Neil LaBute's update The Wicker Man struggles against unintentional comedy and fails.
Theatrical Release:01-09-2006
Synopsis: Neil LaBute's THE WICKER MAN stars Nicholas Cage as Edward Malus, a policeman thrust into some dangerous detective work by a series of strange events that begin with a horrific car crash. This... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski
Director: Neil LaBute
Reviews for The Wicker Man
Top CriticCage lumbers around in full-on shouty mode and his character is never particularly likeable ... whilst decent actresses like Frances Conroy and Ellen Burstyn are given very little to do beyond trying to keep a straight face.
09/23/06
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 beginning he was backing a loser.
09/05/06
Top CriticNeil LaBute’s utterly misconceived remake of Robin Hardy’s 1973 cult horror film is a boring, fright-free catastrophe.
09/23/06
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08/25/07
Top CriticThis film falls into the 'good wierd' catagory-even if you don't care for it, you will love telling people about it.
09/15/06
I may be alone in this -- and you'll have to give it the benefit of a lot of doubt -- but I thought it was interesting.
09/07/06
This certainly won't be a favorite of Gloria Steinem.
09/01/06
...there's just something inherently entertaining about watching [Nicolas Cage] one-up himself every few minutes...
06/30/07
Though downgraded perhaps in comparison to the 1973 original, this version is competent enough and holds sufficient suspense.
09/03/06
A truly odd, yet unmistakably engaging, remake.
08/31/06
LaBute's remake could be an atonement, a perversely clever way of turning the gun on himself... or a conspiracy theorist's invective against a gender he fears and loathes.
10/13/06
LaBute does a decent job of translating it to 2006, but the idea behind it just isn't as cool as it once was.
08/31/06
...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 seemingly with gleeful abandon and blissful unawareness
02/09/07
The plot is nonsensical but the cast and Edenic setting is worth a look.
09/07/06
It's a troubled strangeness - the uncommon sight of a literate studio film extolling messages most literate audiences can't get behind - that makes the movie's whole presence fascinating.
03/15/07
The whole thing is transparently a concoction, and so even though the movie holds you, its climax lacks that tingle of madness. All that's burning is some sticks.
09/02/06
Critics will readily seize on the new film's quirks and deem it a turkey. But the film has many (moderate) strengths.
09/01/06
A half-compelling, half-goofy and half-redundant piece of remake revisionism. (Yes, that's three halves, but it's that weird a movie.)
09/01/06
Human sacrifice and a stringent lesbian cult…what’s not to like?
09/03/06
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