Rotten
...competent but uninspired...
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
I Know What You Did Last Summer
If you're going to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried.
1997 · 1h 42m · R
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Jim Gillespie
Overview
After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.
Director and cast
- Jim Gillespie Director
- Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James
- Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Helen Shivers
- Ryan Phillippe as Barry William Cox
- Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Elsa Shivers
- Johnny Galecki as Max Neurick
- Muse Watson as Benjamin Willis
- Anne Heche as Melissa Egan
- Stuart Greer Cast
- Dan Albright Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
47%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A smart, sharply drawn genre film with a moral center and a solid cast.
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Fresh
...fun, energetic and fairly scary.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The payoff is less effective. It involves several teen-scream modules, such as the $1.98 Startle Effect; the Hand on the Shoulder; and the Is He Dead Yet? gambit.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
Remember all those terrible slasher flicks from the '80s? This could be one of them. It certainly ain't no Scream.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
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