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2002
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Positive Reviews
48
Negative reviews
9
Average Rating
3.5
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3.8
I guess Im seeking the ideal of a thriller existing entirely in a world of physical and psychological plausibility.
Rogerebert
4.0
PANIC ROOM is not a movie about insight into the human condition or subtle, complex characters; this is just a movie about scaring the heck out of you ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
I have a vivid memory of it, because the way you treat kids is so telling.
We Got This Covered
4.0
Needless to say, at present, theres even more insecurity and paranoia.
Screen Daily
2.5
Sure, the heart of Fight Club and Se7en is a black tar heart, a snaggle toothed, soul sucking, cynical heart, but it beats nonetheless, in the most pr ..
4.0
If these sound like mixed messages, its only because we expect more than just craftsmanship from Fincher we expect bite.His career so far has followed ..
Telegraph
3.8
It might sometimes forget to make sense, but no matter, since it creates enough tension that the audience can hardly think anyway.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Ultimately, this is just a big, dumb, commercial suspenser but its one of the best for ages, reminding us that it is still possible to make a high qua ..
4.0
But it did so and did so in spades!.And with Hitchcocks REAR WINDOW in mind, plenty of camera tricks in his back pocket and some very engaging charact ..
JoBlo
2.2
It plays as a conventional genre story and the actors cant get past the stock characters they represent despite trying to squeeze something more out o ..
Sover
4.4
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
3.8
Panic Room (2002) 3 Stars (out of 4) Tweet Room Nervous By Jeffrey M. Anderson After his mind bending, exhilarating Fight Club, director David Fincher ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
She gives a strong but hopelessly vulnerable performance.As easy as it may be to analyze a thriller like Panic Room to death, the film offers more tha ..
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
This bit of formulaic dont mess with mom makes the story one of routine suspense.
3.1
Jodie Foster could be living a movie lovers dream in the efficiently directed, fabulously shot but mundanely written Panic Room : Shes locked in a roo ..
Usa Today
4.4
The prolonged finale ultimately confirms Gone Girls place as an entertaining yet relentlessly padded out piece of work, and it is, at this point, hard ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.8
Whitaker has the role of the good bad guy, a reluctant crook who doesnt want to see anybody get hurt.The acting is exceptional by the whole cast.
Lariat
3.0
The film is pitiless and efficient, and its certainly effective, but it isnt really a lot of fun to watch.
News Review
3.5
Of course, its debatable whether that can be attributed to what the filmmakers do or simply what the performers automatically bring to the characters ..
Screen It
4.0
So the film looks absolutely fantastic in every way slick, inventive and perhaps a bit too clever.
Shadows On The Wall
5.0
In short, despite the odd credibility stretching flaw, the tension is sustained throughout and its a hell of a ride.
View London
2.5
Aiming for a distinctive look, Panic Room takes a minimalist approach to the thriller genre, centering almost all the action on five characters in one ..
Cs Monitor
3.0
Predictably, one of the bad guys, Burnham, isnt all that bad, and enters this nasty standoff with the greatest reluctance.
Film Journal International ..
3.8
But as usual, the film is relatively character thin and ends with a real thud not one bad enough to ruin the movie, but it may make you wonder what mi ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.5
Dont make nice, dont cringe, just pull the trigger.Dont worry about frightening the children they shouldnt be watching an R rated flick anyway just do ..
2.5
It feels less like a suspense movie than a video game spinoff of a suspense movie.
Toronto Star
3.0
Overall, however, the shapely narrative assumes the structure of a deadly cat and mouse game, with just enough twists and turns to distinguish it from ..
Emanuellevy
1.0
After watching Panic Room, thats exactly what happened.Did I miss something
Reel Talk Reviews
4.4
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
3.5
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Salon
2.0
Impressive in places, worth watching for Foster and for the concept, but dont panic if you miss it.
Eye For Film
3.5
Resonating with tension, Panic Room is a gripping thriller that keeps you on edge every single second.
4.0
Thats the case in David Finchers slick new thriller, a perfectly constructed recipe for buttock clenching, palm sweating tension.
Bbc
3.8
While Roger Michells film does indeed take a bad detour in its home stretch, it is on the whole a brisk and absorbing morality play.
Mr Brown Movies
3.8
A superb exercise in eliciting suspense out of simple, progressively sticky situations, Panic Room is a taut, exciting thriller.
The Movie Boy
3.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
3.0
Its just that with such a mastery of visual style and content the film might throw in a truly nasty twist in the end.
Hollywood
2.0
The film that follows lives up to every bit of suspense and tension that those classic movies still induce today.
Coles Mithey
3.8
Add a talent like Jodie Foster to the mix and it takes all a film critics willpower not to fantasize about a movie so intense, well acted and mind blo ..
Spliced Wire
3.8
Visual Roots and Dark Tributes The story is more narrowly focused than any of Hitchcocks movies, but certain aspects of the Master of Suspense are app ..
Movie Habit
4.0
It isnt as if the films premise required brilliant invention; it is, essentially, a very elaborate variant of tag.
La Weekly
5.0
When youre rich, two things come into play.You can buy things way beyond mere essentials and, second, you need to protect yourself and your money more ..
Varia Gate
3.0
Its fast and its fun, but unlike his other films, it wont stay with you too long after youve left the cinema.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.5
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Kansas City
4.4
Heroes of the Zeroes is Nick Rogers daily, alphabetical look back at the 365 best films of 2000 2009.
The Filmy Ap
3.8
Panic Room Review By Joe Lozito Room with a Phew!.Movie title Panic Room Release year 2002 MPAA Rating R Our rating Summary Visual virtuoso David Finc ..
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
Its not a bad movie per se; its certainly well crafted and it delivers a few thrills here and there, but its sadly unmemorable nonetheless.Thats what ..
Montreal Film Journal
4.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.5
This is undoubtedly a clever premise, but the story is so riddled with stupid choices by the characters, its effectiveness as a thriller suffers great ..
Film Quips Online
2.5
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Freep
1.0
Panic Room review by Cynthia Fuchs, 29 March 2002 Get out!.Movies that begin with someone moving in to a new house always end badly.
Nitrate Online
5.0
Most infuriatingly, there is potential for a genuinely great thriller.
Films Nobs
3.1
Its a triumph of technical filmmaking; as a story, its got ice in its heart.
Seattle Times
4.4
Perhaps even more impressive than the visuals is the films sound design, which does as much as the visuals do to raise tension levels.
Movie Martyr
3.0
What it boils down to is this: if you equate this movie with a safe little roller coaster that may give you a few butterflies, but has no chance of fl ..
Juicy Cerebellum
2.0
The best thing to be said about Panic Room is that it fails not out of artistic incompetence (as did last autumns exercise in Guignol, the Hughes Brot ..
Nicks Flick Picks
2.0
If it is possible to make a good movie out of a mediocre script, Panic Room is that movie.Its also the sort of film a director makes after getting bur ..
About Film
3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently ..
Ny Observer
2.0
It sounds like a new Madonna album could be right around the corner.
Edge Boston
3.5
But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Movies Radio Free
4.0
Panic Room is a thriller that deserves to be mentioned in the same category as a Rear Window.
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