Diagonaldi Very well executed

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Justin Little ...and he's dead.How did they get SLJ and Luke WIlson to agree to this? What garbage.

maymaymonarch This film is by no means great and it has plenty of flaws (dialogue being the major one) but it accomplishes what it was made to do which is to give you a decent thrill. If you're looking for something original, smart, and top of the line, you won't find it here. I went into this movie with very little expectations and I was pleasantly surprised. Sam Jackson was by far the highlight of the film and he delivers a very strong performance. You really feel intimidated by him and while character's make choices that seem strange and at times stupid, it's not hard to see why with a character like Sam's in the back. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone that thinks that they should get something big out of this because big expectations are what kill a film like this. I personally thought they did a good job capturing tension and I wouldn't mind watching it again if I couldn't find anything else.

Jules Carter So many layers to this film. It can also be interpreted in many different ways. Did Camus write this? I thought it was this and I thought it was that.....but the movie held my interest no matter which way it went and the surreal and quiet quality of this film kept held a tight grip at all times. Has John, the recently unemployed realtor /father gone to hell? Is Richie,his new out of control acquaintance the devil. Is John being punished for selling the homes of his neighbors who couldn't keep up their payments? Was it just a dream, his subconscious or real life? What does Richie want of John or us? What is the message they want us to take away? Nothing is as it seems. Maybe we are supposed to read into it what we want, as I did,which is what makes this film so great.

garman-productions This movie starts out somewhat interesting with SLJ playing his standard menacing character by rote. But the character played by Luke Wilson makes one mystifying decision after the next, defying logic and common sense. I can never understand why lousy writing such as seen in this movie gets a regular pass by the producers of so many movies. Maybe they don't even actually read the scripts and just are interested in "demographics".And the two detectives are more than bumbling; they are boring too. In an unintentional comedic bit of casting/writing; the two actors playing Luke Wilson' children, a boy and girl, look nothing like the parents and play deadpan throughout their on screen time. Even if they are supposed to be adopted, one would expect some emotion from them but it rarely shows.The alleged "twist" at the end is thrown in there along with the rest of the ridiculous inexplicable plot devices. Thus, a noisy nonsensical waste of time all around.