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The Uninvited (2009) In The Uninvited an unstable teen (Emily Browning) suspects her mom was killed by her dad's hot new fiancée ( Elizabeth Banks , with cleavage… PG-13 PT87M Horror Elizabeth Banks Emily Browning Arielle Kebbel David Strathairn
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The Uninvited (2009)

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Reviewed by Adam Markovitz | Jan 29, 2009

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The Uninvited | Mommy, um...Dearest? Emily Browning has wicked stepmother issues in The Uninvited
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Mommy, um...Dearest? Emily Browning has wicked stepmother issues in The Uninvited
EW's GRADE
D-

Details Release Date: Jan 30, 2009; Rated: PG-13; Length: 87 Minutes; Genre: Horror; With: Elizabeth Banks

In The Uninvited an unstable teen (Emily Browning) suspects her mom was killed by her dad's hot new fiancée (Elizabeth Banks, with cleavage far perkier than her TV-movie line readings). Horror standbys like mangled corpses and stone-faced children pop up regularly, but sibling directors Charles and Thomas Guard haven't quite nailed the genre's rhythms: Their frights tend to loiter onscreen just long enough for us to see that they aren't all that scary in the first place. D-

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Originally posted Jan 29, 2009 Published in issue #1034 Feb 13, 2009 Order article reprints