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The Ninth Gate
44
Metascore
30 reviews · Provided by
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80
Salon
Charles Taylor
Salon
Charles Taylor
Amusing, ultra-deadpan entertainment. The director was lucky enough to have a cast who were in on the joke and tuned in to his wavelength.
75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Elegant, scary fun.
65
TNT RoughCut
TNT RoughCut
Fairly enjoyable as an old-fashioned horror yarn -- or, if that doesn't work for you, as a black comedy about an obsessive collector.
60
Film.com
Peter Brunette
Film.com
Peter Brunette
Compulsively watchable and its occasional lapses into that familiar Polanskian overkill are almost charming.
40
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
About as scary as a sock-puppet re-enactment of "The Blair Witch Project," and not nearly as funny.
34
Mr. Showbiz
Mr. Showbiz
The once-talented Mr. Polanski is hard to spot.
33
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
A film not even a star as foxed and foxy as Johnny Depp himself could save.
30
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Never quite becomes unwatchable.
30
Film.com
Gemma Files
Film.com
Gemma Files
A nonsensical mishmash.
25
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
A supernatural thriller that is neither super, natural, nor thrilling.
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