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| Sep 07, 2008Urban Cinefile
A film full of great atmos, made with verve by actor/director Matthieu Kassovitz, Gothika is kept somehow watchable (in a style-before-substance sort of way) by its star cast delivering powerful performances.
Shame to waste such a good cast and such a good looking film on a scenario that intends to be scary but ends up vaguely silly.
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| Oct 17, 2007DVD Town
Gothika" is a bad movie.
Producer Joel Silver stated that the film is an intelligent horror movie that makes for a nice mystery film.
Video: "Gothika" is presented in a good 1.85:1 widescreen transfer that is mastered with VC-1 coding.
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| Oct 11, 2007DVD Town
This is not to suggest that "Gothika" is entirely unlikable, the first half of the movie being quite effective, but it goes downhill fast from there.
Clearly, the success of "The Ring" the year before inspired the "Gothika" filmmakers.
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| Nov 26, 2006commonsensemedia.org
It's an interesting plot and a clever idea for a movie
OK for kids my age: Y Reviewer: bloody_valentine (17 years old), Date: January 21, 2005 I say: Well...... It was an ok movie.It wasn't scary; it only made me jump at a few scenes.
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| Oct 12, 2004Entertainment Insiders
a truly great horror film.... ... Full Review
| Oct 12, 2004DVD Town
This is not to suggest that "Gothika" is entirely unlikable, the first half of the movie being quite effective, but it goes downhill fast from there.
Clearly, "Gothika" was inspired by the success of "The Ring" the year before it.
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| Aug 09, 2004TotalFilm
To be fair, Gothika plays a lot better on the small screen than it did in the cinema..... ... Full Review
| Mar 29, 2004ViewLondon
Performances Better Than Film Deserves Given the limitations of the script, Gothika is competently directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, though it never reaches the deliriously bonkers heights of his previous thriller, Crimson Rivers .
At any rate, if the unseen hand of the publicity department is somehow involved in the fortuitous timing of that particular announcement, you can hardly blame them for trying, as Gothika pretty much needs all the help it can get, despite pretty decent performances from all concerne ... Full Review
| Mar 16, 2004DVD MovieGuide
In the end, the audio of Gothika served the movie fairly well.
Gothika presented such a limited palette that it barely qualified as a color film.
A flawed and dull ghost story, Gothika paints a dark picture but nothing more.
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| Mar 09, 2004dvdtown.com
This is not to suggest that "Gothika" is entirely unlikable, the first half of the movie being quite effective, but it goes downhill fast from there.
Clearly, 2003's "Gothika" was inspired by the success of "The Ring" the year before it.
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