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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 30
    Variety | Jonathan Holland

    Though pic boasts decent perfs, potent atmospherics and eye-catching visuals, both psychology and plot are bargain-basement. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Darkness was clearly tossed together like salad in the editing room, since it's little more than the sum of its unshocking shock cuts. Read full review

  • 20
    L.A. Weekly | Chuck Wilson

    Full of shuttery jump cuts set to music cues so loud your heart can't help but convulse, Darkness should have been left to molder in Miramax's vast vault of horror-movie stiffs. Read full review

  • 20
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    The sketchy characterizations, laughable dialogue and less-than-stellar performances by the formidable cast, all of whom have done far better work in the past, provide further reasons why Darkness should never have seen the light of day. Read full review

  • 20
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Some movies should never come to light, either, and Darkness, bearing a 2002 copyright, might well have been better left on the shelf. Read full review

  • 20
    Village Voice |

    Rarely has a film's tagline been more fitting: "Some secrets should never come to light." Read full review

  • 10
    The Onion A.V. Club | Nathan Rabin

    It's not even bad enough to be any fun. Read full review

  • 10
    The New York Times |

    The real mystery is why such a mangled film was not junked altogether. Read full review

  • 0
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    Eurotrash for the new millennium. Read full review

  • 0
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Unoriginal, frequently incomprehensible and cheaply made. Read full review

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