Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
5 |
...only trying to divert you and make you play its little guessing game, one rewind at a time. |
E!
Dezhda Mountz |
6 |
Sounds promising, but be warned: It's long on gimmick, short on subtlety. |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
5 |
...violates the first rule of a thriller. It forgets to keep the viewer at least partially in the loop. From our own outside-looking-in perspective, things don't seem so pulse pounding. More like forehead slapping. |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
4 |
...reminded me of the old joke about the Italian tank: four gears in reverse, one in forward. |
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh |
5 |
...credibility flies out the window and there's no reason to continue paying attention. |
Reel
Bill Gibron |
6 |
...violates the first rule of a thriller. It forgets to keep the viewer at least partially in the loop. From our own outside-looking-in perspective, things don't seem so pulse pounding. More like forehead slapping. |
Slant Magazine
Jeremiah Kipp |
3 |
...restless, frenetic... |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
4 |
...such a unholy mess of drooling sentiment and sloppy loose ends that you’ll hate yourself for being suckered in. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
6 |
...has a gripping premise that, for a while, at least, is grippingly executed. |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
5 |
...a gimmick in search of a point, [but] is nothing if not, er, timely. |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
5 |
Initially intriguing and energetic, this film ends up demonstrating that a good script needs to be more than a clever concept and fine direction must be more than moving things fast. |
People
Tom Gliatto |
4 |
...most of it feels like Groundhog Day for terrorists. |
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas |
4 |
...wants to be the Rashomon of presidential assassination thrillers, but it's more like an entire season of 24 stripped down to its freeze-frame cliffhangers and recaps of last week's episode. |
Village Voice
Scott Foundas |
4 |
...wants to be the Rashomon of presidential assassination thrillers, but it's more like an entire season of 24 stripped down to its freeze-frame cliffhangers and recaps of last week's episode. |
Onion AV Club
Scott Tobias |
4 |
...a toothless whodunit... |
Premiere
Ryan Stewart |
6 |
...a more interesting movie than perhaps it realizes. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
4 |
...has a terrific trailer but the movie itself turns out to be a feature-length trailer. It's all coming attractions for a film that never really happens. |
Variety
Justin Chang |
2 |
...a 23-minute movie dragged out, via some narrative gimmickry, to a punishing hour and a half. |
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