The Skeleton Key
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Critics Sentiment
Mama Cecile and Papa Justify swap bodies with Caroline and Luke
Caroline arrives at the isolated Louisiana plantation house
The film jumps dramatically from a slow, predictable middle section to the shocking body-swapping revelation that completely recontextualizes the entire story
The Skeleton Key starts slowly with mixed reception for its deliberate pacing and character building. The film gains momentum in the middle act as the hoodoo mythology takes hold and Caroline investigates the supernatural elements. The sentiment explodes at the end with universal critical praise for the shocking twist ending that most reviewers found completely unpredictable and brilliant.
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Kate Hudson
Caroline Ellis
Gena Rowlands
Violet Devereaux
Peter Sarsgaard
Luke Marshall
John Hurt
Ben Devereaux
Joy Bryant
Jill
Marion Zinser
Bayou Woman
Maxine Barnett
Mama Cynthia
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Hallie
Deneen Tyler
Desk Nurse
Ann Dalrymple
C.N.A.
Trula M. Marcus
Nurse Trula
Jen Apgar
Madeleine Thorpe
Thomas Uskali
Robertson Thorpe
Jamie Lee Redmon
Grace Thorpe
Forrest Landis
Martin Thorpe
Tonya Staten
Nurse Audrey
Isaach de Bankolé
Creole Gas Station Owner
Christa Thorne
Creole Mother
Ronald McCall
Papa Justify
Jeryl Prescott
Mama Cecile
Crew
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