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The Return Review

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0.5

Dave White Profile

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 2.0
    38

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
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    critic review scores.

  • 40

    out of 100

    Variety Dennis Harvey

    Forgettable PG-13 pic will particularly strike fans of harder-edged recent horror pix as much ado about not much.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

    You may see scarier movies this year, but none so redolent of decomposition.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

    While Adam Sussman's screenplay can be admired for its emphasis on subtle atmospherics rather than cheap scares, it is a gimmicky slog of an affair that lacks narrative coherence or strong focus.

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  • 42

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly

    Mellow -- nay, snoozy -- atmospherics trump actual scares, and it makes almost zero sense.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times

    As for Gellar, she seems game but glum, treading water in a role that represses her comic talents and leaves her little to do but suffer in silence.

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Good way to kill a few hours... by zmzmkt
As a sales rep for a trucking firm, Joanna experiences increasingly troubling and violent hallucinations when she draws near to a small Texas town. She traces the beginning of her disturbances to a childhood incident when she was 10 years old. She then decides to delve into the dark secrets of a sleepy ranching community to recover her sanity and unmask a killer. Right and wrong are clear-cut concepts in this film - evil is punished, and good ultimately wins out. (My favorite scene is when the main character's punk co-worker is pounded into the ground after he tries to assault her) That said, the plot was predictable, the supporting characters had the personality of cardboard, and the viewer was frequently assaulted with absurd and incongruous action scenes. The scares were cheap (imagine someone sneaking up behind you and yelling "BANG"). This is mainly a chick flick - it requires enough attention from the viewer to connect the very large dots.

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