Lost Souls

R

Released Oct 13, 2000

1 hr. 37 min.

Mystery & Thriller

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8%

93 Reviews

Tomatometer

22%

10,000+ Ratings

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A modern thriller in which faith battles reason, Ryder plays a young woman who becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.

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Critics Consensus

Though Kaminski's film is visually stylish, Lost Souls is just another derivative entry in the Apocalypse genre, with lackluster direction, unengaging characters, and no scares.

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Steve D

Surprisingly slow given its premise.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

I saw this movie at the big screen 21 years ago. I still can remember the whole audience laughing when the car stereo clock changed to 6:66. It was the ridiculous climax of a neverending succession of goofs, bad plot, and worst dialogues for this infamous mistake that Winona made. Never thought watching it again was worthy. Still convinced of it as far as I'm writing this opinion.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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kevin c

Ben Chaplin plays a writer who, a group of religious people including Winona Ryder, think he may have been chosen by Satan to be the AntiChrist. Idea of the movie isn't bad, it's slow and dark which fits for this type of film, but overall it wasn't exactly riveting.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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jamie r

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!! WHAT?????

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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thomas l

I love these kinds of movies. Suspense and the devil. Good timing. A fine cast with nice performances from Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Angela Basset, John Hurt and Elias Koteas. The storyline is excellent. The effects are superior to 'The Exorcist', which I laughed at all the way through. Horror does not have to be filled with blood and guts and gore.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

It takes more than an hour to get to to the main theme of the movie. Too slow. Definitely not scary. Bad plot. The only good thing is Ben Chaplin's performance .

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Janusz Kaminski

Director

Winona Ryder

Maya Larkin

Ben Chaplin

Peter Kelson

Sarah Wynter

Claire Van Owen

Philip Baker Hall

Father James

John Hurt

Father Lareaux

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Well-plotted, with a first-class group of actors and sure-handed direction by Steven Spielberg's favorite cinema-tographer, Janusz Kaminski.

Mar 29, 2019

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

Rated: 2/4

Mar 10, 2007

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Alas, look is everything here and storytelling and characters are next to nothing, so what emerges is oddly ineffectual and uninvolving -- visually striking set pieces set loose in a void.

Jan 6, 2007

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Sean P. Means

Salt Lake Tribune

Lost Souls is a plodding and obvious movie, undermining its own tension as surely as The Exorcist builds it.

Sep 28, 2023

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a progressively tiresome thriller...

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 29, 2023

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M. Faust

Common Sense Media

Teenage horror fans can do much better.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 2, 2011

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Synopsis

A modern thriller in which faith battles reason, Ryder plays a young woman who becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.

Director: Janusz Kaminski
Executive Producer: Michael De Luca, Donna Langley
Screenwriter: Pierce Gardner, Betsy Stahl, Pierce Gardner
Distributor: New Line Cinema, New Line Home Video [us]
Production Co: Castle Rock Entertainment, Prufrock Pictures, Avery Pix
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.8M
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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