Metacritic Movie Ratings
Nobel Son Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  A mercilessly convoluted version of a Twister, that genre in which the plot whacks us as if it's taking batting practice. I will not hint at anything that happens. I will simply observe that it's all entertaining.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyRonnie Scheib

  Uneven but enjoyably titillating black comedy should elate Rickman fans while pleasing aficionados of extra-flakey caper flicks.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Shows strains of stylistic overkill with egregious flash-edit tricks and sped-up camera moves, while the signal-flare plotting indicates that perhaps a bit more time could have been taken on the screenplay.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Randall Miller (Bottle Shock), appears to be trying to cross a bad Elmore Leonard thriller with a bad indie-festival family-angst comedy. He gives us the worst of both worlds.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  An aggressively noisy exercise in style over substance about nasty people doing nasty things to one another in (sigh) Southern California.

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