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Title: talented cast and director wasted on this film
Review: The acting and direction of Skeleton Key are high quality. The story line is not.Something is wrong in a bayou home, where Kate Hudson's character cares for an invalid man. It seems 'hoodoo' is at work, and souls such as his, are either being entrapped, or tortured, or something.Hudson is hot stuff on the bayou, and John Hurt (!) has a creepy bit part as the invalid/hoodoo victim. This cannot save the film however, as films require an interesting plot, and development of empathy with its characters. What I cannot forgive, is the lack of CCR's 'Born on the Bayou' on the soundtrack.
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