The Wicker Man (2006) Critic Reviews
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Despite its logy, red-herring structure, the film has enough enigma and weirdness that it gradually stirs to life.Read the full review
As it is, LaBute has cleverly repurposed his creepy source material. This Wicker Man, which wasn't screened for critics, is a nutty atonement for the gender assaults of his filmmaking and playwriting past, including "In the Company of Men," "Your Friends & Neighbors," and "The Shape of Things."Read the full review
In the end, LaBute's remake is an interesting idea that never transforms into a particularly satisfying movie.Read the full review
Well intentioned, but only occasionally creepy.Read the full review
Any provocative questions LaBute might have wanted to raise are totally obscured as the rising tide of absurdity gradually overwhelms the entire enterprise.Read the full review
Unlikely to inspire a passionate following similar to the original, the film, which opened Friday without being screened for the press, ultimately induces more titters than dread.Read the full review
In an era of careful cost accountancy and focus-group testing, it's remarkable that a movie as truly, deeply, madly foolish as The Wicker Man escaped the asylum. But we must be grateful for the endless guffaws and gasps and outright stunned silences it unleashes on lucky audiences.Read the full review
LaBute has transformed the eerie, disturbing psychological thriller into an unintentional comedy. At times, The Wicker Man is hilariously bad.Read the full review
Turns a cultishly creepy classic into a dull and windy farce.Read the full review
A movie like this can survive an absurd premise but not incompetent execution. And Mr. LaBute, never much of an artist with the camera, proves almost comically inept as a horror-movie technician...It's neither haunting nor amusing; just boring.Read the full review
