| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"...a nifty thriller that plays like B-movie blast from the past." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"Red Eye is a one-trick action thriller that feels like a poor cousin of an episode of 24." more... |
C- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...an engaging hybrid of cat-and-mouse hostage drama and more conventional killer-loose-in-the-house thrills." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"Horror director Wes Craven skips his usual bloodshed to deliver mind games in a taut, tense thriller." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...effective button pusher of a fright film..." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
David Thomas |
"Ultimately, Red Eye does a competent job of executing its premise." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Gripping melodrama of the old-fashioned -- that's a compliment -- sort." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...lightning-paced..." more... |
B |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...a nifty, tense thriller..." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"As B-movies go, Red Eye acceptable, although it's probably better as video or TV fare than as a theatrical experience." more... |
C+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...the psychological fear-mongering at the center of Red Eye more horrifying and unnerving than all of Craven's Scream films combined." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a movie Hitchcock might have made about our 9/11 paranoia." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Unfortunately, Red Eye goes from being a powerful thriller to a far more predictable story of revenge." more... |
B- |
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