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Bones

Play trailer Poster for Bones R,  2001,  1h 36m,  Horror/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Stream Now Watchlist 29% 73 Reviews Tomatometer 40% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
29% Tomatometer 73 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Jimmy Bones (Snoop "Doggy" Dogg) is a legendary protector and patron of his thriving neighborhood. Cool, handsome and respected - Bones is the benevolent caretaker of his people until he is betrayed by those closest to him. Flash forward 20 years. Crime and drugs have crumbled the neighborhood and Jimmy Bones has become a charismatic emblem of better times. But his spirit is about to make a comeback.
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Slow to start, the sleek looking Bones is more silly than scary.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Dec 6, 2001
B
May be pure trash, but it's trash made with the kind of oozy psychedelic zest that powered a movie like A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Go to Full Review
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star Nov 9, 2001
A mangy and ungainly movie, a cluttered and uncreepy assembly of stale clichs, telegraphed scares and low-rent effects. Go to Full Review
Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com Oct 31, 2001
A grotesquely uneven schlockfest with large doses of bad writing and bad acting amid the delicious moments. Go to Full Review
Jazzmin Crawley Dread Central Apr 4, 2026
Bones has more to offer than cheesy B-movie antics. Bones offers an inside look at thriving Black communities and how putting money before the community harms everyone. It’s a beautiful, yet tragic, love story intertwined with a tale of revenge. Go to Full Review
Sharai Bohannon Blerdy Massacre Podcast Jun 17, 2025
4/5
'Bones' is Black Giallo and it's very telling people can't understand the genre when it decenters white characters. It's another movie that is required viewing helmed by Ernest Dickerson. Go to Full Review
Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim Jul 27, 2023
2.5/4
Patrick Peet grew up listening to that neighborhood rhyme. His father had been friends with Jimmy Bone -- a charismatic man who kept drugs out of the neighborhood and always had money for those who needed shelter and food. Go to Full Review
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Hagrid M Nov 12, 2017 Stupid story and terrible acting (Snoop isn't the worst in it, believe it or not) . . . not entertaining in the slightest - not that I ever expected it to be. See more
Abraham W Jan 23, 2017 Very cheesy but worth a watch if you like horror.
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Ernest R. Dickerson

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Snoop Dogg

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Pam Grier

Pearl

Michael T. Weiss

Lupovich

Clifton Powell

Jeremiah Peet

Ricky Harris

Eddie Mack

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Synopsis Jimmy Bones (Snoop "Doggy" Dogg) is a legendary protector and patron of his thriving neighborhood. Cool, handsome and respected - Bones is the benevolent caretaker of his people until he is betrayed by those closest to him. Flash forward 20 years. Crime and drugs have crumbled the neighborhood and Jimmy Bones has become a charismatic emblem of better times. But his spirit is about to make a comeback.
Director
Ernest R. Dickerson
Producer
Rupert Harvey, Peter Heller, Lloyd Segan
Screenwriter
Adam Simon, Tim Metcalfe
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Production Co
New Line Cinema, Hannah Rachel Productions Services Ltd.
Rating
R (Gore|Drugs|Language|Sexuality|Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 24, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 26, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.3M
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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