| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino |
"Sometimes it works, sometimes it's just horror-movie overkill." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Erin Meister |
"...surprisingly artful and, believe it or not, about as much fun as a grisly horror movie can be." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
" It is not faulty logic that derails The Hills have Eyes, however, but faulty drama." more... |
C- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...slickly assembled but a thorough going drag..." more... |
C- |
| E! Online |
"Hills eschews constant mayhem in favor of long periods of torturous anxiety..." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...the savagery is so stagey that we never quite feel the dogs of anarchy being unleashed." more... |
C+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"This remake of the 1977 Wes Craven cult classic is brutally horrific. And that's a compliment." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Radioactive waste." more... |
D |
New York Times
Nathan Lee |
"...this new and exceedingly nasty version of Wes Craven's 1977 cult shocker is awfully good at what it does. And mostly what it does is make you feel awful." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Unfortunately, the biggest stumbling block of the first film is evident here as well: uneven pacing." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"What good is a wallow in sicko sadism if you take all the fun out of it?" more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
'...filled with great characters..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...directed with the same stark, stripped-down style as the original..." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Nothing is right about this ridiculous horror schlockfest." more... |
C- |
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