| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino |
"An often identical retread of the original, but with some fine supporting performances and ghoulish deaths." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"The first one was chilling. This remake is an icy bore." more... |
D |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...done with mood and style..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...plods along." more... |
C- |
| E! Online |
"...pointless..." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...the kid himself, played by Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, doesn't look evil enough..." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
Joel Meares |
"Schreiber is good as the politician and after a shaky start Stiles communicates her anguish very well." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck |
"The release date is the most original thing about it." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...director John Moore has added some creepy visuals and assembled an unusually strong cast for a horror flick." more... |
B |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...supremely unnecessary..." more... |
D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Julia Stiles and Liev Schreiber are B-grade performers who have avoided stardom because they're boring, and they live up to their reputations here." more... |
C- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Not since Gus Van Sant inexplicably directed a shot-by-shot remake of Hitchcock's Psycho has a thriller been copied with so little point or impact." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...completely unnecessary, even if it is kind of fun." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...neither very scary nor much fun in a movie-movie sense." more... |
C- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Who knew the Apocalypse could be so dull?" more... |
C |
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