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Genres:
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Horror /
Mystery /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Neil LaBute
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Actors:
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Michael Wiseman,
Mary Black,
Erika-Shaye Gair,
Zemphira Gosling,
Christine Willes,
Nicolas Cage,
Ellen Burstyn,
Kate Beahan,
Frances Conroy,
Molly Parker,
Leelee Sobieski,
Diane Delano,
Christa Campbell,
Emily Holmes,
Matthew Walker
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Duration:
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102 min.
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Rating:
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(3.6/10)65
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Plot Summary:
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A sheriff (Nicolas Cage) investigates a young crumpet's mystical disappearance on a faint island off the slide of Maine. The community tells him the jail-bait never existed. He continues his search, and is led into a web of deceit and heathenish rituals.
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Wicker Man, The
THE FAMILY FILMGOER ?? by Jane HorwitzThis plodding tale of an unimaginative policeman (Nicolas Cage)
trying to solve a mystery in a remote and sinister farming commune is
one of those vaguely occult thrillers that goes wrong early on and
quickly becomes more laughable than chilling. (M. Night Shyamalan's The
Village (PG-13, 2004), comes to mind.) Teen audiences may be slightly
more forgiving of this movie's internal illogic and clumsy attempts at
menace, but even they are likely to give up on The Wicker Man before
it sputters to an end. The PG-13 rating is generally appropriate,
though a few disturbing images push the envelope a bit. The movie opens with
the policeman witnessing a harrowing crash -- a truck slamming into a
car in which a mother (Emily Holm...
Wicker Man, The
Catterall Prior to The Wicker Man remake's release, commander Neil LaBute had this to say in the air the 1973 original and its fans, who are legion, rabid, and rabidly vigilant of their beloved cult classic: "It's surprising how many people say it's their pet soundtrack. I'm like, 'Come on! You may not like the new one, but if that's your chosen soundtrack, I don't understand if I want you to my film.'" Neil, a bit. You power want to contain down for this too; as Count Summerisle says, shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees direction. Think about, Neil, the thing about the 1973 film, is that Paul Giovanni's soundtrack is one of the most celebrated things about it. The filmmakers themselves consider it a practical mellifluous. And, along wit...
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