| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Not a bad use of your minutes." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...a ludicrous little abduction thriller that boasts an entertaining cocktail of gunpowder, suspense, adrenaline, and cheese." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"What's surprising is how convincing it is, under the circumstances, and how willingly we accept the premise and get involved in it." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a wrong number." more... |
C+ |
| E! Online |
"We're sorry, but you have reached a movie that is disconnected from reality and is no longer of service to anyone." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
David Levine |
"...fails fairly miserably as a thriller because we soon learn that any jam Ryan finds himself in will easily get resolved in his favor." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...doesn't achieve any real tension since a viewer is more caught up in how the movie is going to sustain the cell phone gimmick..." more... |
C |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...fails to make a solid connection." more... |
C+ |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...an honest, unpretentious, well-made B picture..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"It's as if all the ingredients for a thriller coagulated into Silly Putty." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...rather schlocky but well-organized and mostly very entertaining." more... |
B |
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