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A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 29%, Metacritic 31/100. Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. Most of the 500 2000s mystery movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
270 audience votes
Key crew
- Davis GuggenheimDirector
- Gregory PoirierScreenplay
- Graeme RevellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James MarsdenDerrick Webb
- Lena HeadeyCathy Jones
- Norman ReedusTravis
- Kate HudsonNaomi Preston
- Eric BogosianProfessor Goodwin
- Edward James OlmosDetective Curtis
- Joshua JacksonBeau Edson
- Sharon LawrenceDetective Kelly
- Marisa CoughlanSheila
- Charles GuggenheimDerrick's father
- Marion GuggenheimDerrick's mother
- Anthony J. MifsudDoorman
Stills
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Themes
experimentcollegegossiprumor