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2005
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Red Eye
Positive Reviews
57
Negative reviews
6
Average Rating
3.4
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1.5
Still, a beautiful blueprint doesnt ensure that anything will be inside the house, and its a keen disappointment to discover that Craven and screenwri ..
Av Club
3.0
Red Eyes no classic, but with its smart, twisty little script and those two killer performances, it is a helluva lot of fun, and a perfect grace note ..
Austin Chronicle
3.8
After a summer of crashes, bangs, endless chase scenes and special effects that belittle the actors standing in front of them, what a pleasure to see ..
Rogerebert
3.5
Its here that the film works best, carried entirely by two really talented young actors.
Cinema Blend
2.8
The film is too insignificant to make any waves or for anyone to care if it made sense or not.It had something cooking when it compared terrorists to ..
Sover
3.8
They have a lovely, warm conversation about this and that and life.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
Just when you think it is over, there is a whole extra chapter of suspense, ratcheting up the tension even higher.
Lariat
2.8
There isnt a bit of the plot that is not predictable, but theres always a giddy thrill in seeing someone pop out from behind something where you had n ..
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Its preposterous but deliciously so, and we eagerly suspend our disbelief.
News Review
4.0
This is one of the most relentlessly enjoyable thrillers since the similarly plotted Cellular spine tingling and totally engulfing if you go with it.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
Cravens direction is brisk and efficient he packs in fights, chase scenes, suspense sequences and explosions and still manages to wrap up the movie in ..
View London
3.8
Taut. Tense. Gripping. Suspenseful. This reviewer hasnt used those words in so long I think I heard the keyboard cough. Nevertheless, they all apply t ..
Cs Monitor
3.5
Red Eye is strictly B grade fare, but it has a playful wit and enough genuine tension to make it worth your time and money.
Film Journal
1.9
A one trick action thriller that feels like a poor cousin of an episode of 24.
Boston
3.0
Rare these days is the thriller that takes its time, allowing us to get comfortable with the characters before starting the chase or inducing the shoc ..
Smh
2.5
At its absolute best, horror meister Wes Cravens shot at a straight thriller is a competent B movie kept more or less afloat by the performances of th ..
Mountain X
3.8
President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to change his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsels investigatio ..
Star Tribune
3.2
Much publicity is given to Cravens departure from his specialized horror genre to the psychological thriller genres, a transition he easily and effort ..
Emanuellevy
4.0
Its a film featuring the same kind of excruciating suspense he created in Strangers on a Train.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.4
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
3.8
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa PG 13 runtime 85 minutes Wide Release Date 08/19/05 performer Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox direc ..
Ew
4.0
Red Eye doesnt just stick to the basics it reminds us why they still matter.
Salon
3.5
When Red Eye is all over youll probably look backover steak tips and margaritas at the Applebees next doorand wonder just what made your stomach juice ..
Slate
3.0
Not the most sophisticated psychological thriller, yet slick fun deftly handled by Craven and his leads.
Empire
2.0
Slick, taut and diverting enough, but also characterless, forgettable and inescapably bland, Red Eye is, ironically enough, the perfect film to watch ..
Eye For Film
4.4
The destination is the land of subtlety, and its a pleasant departure for the legendary horror director.
Sf Gate
3.5
One of the nice things about this lewd and funny hit comedy is that it springs its wildest, most scabrous jokes from a recognizable male dilemma.Genti ..
New Yorker
3.5
Thats not to say its great; its not.Maybe its not to say its good, because its only sort of good.
Washington Post
3.5
In fact, Red Eye is at its best when it has nowhere to go except inside the characters heads.
Washington Post
3.0
If you dont like your hotel room, Lisa will move you to nicer accommodations.
The New York Times
3.8
Kudos, too, for a rousing finale that, if predictable in its outcome, never dumbs down Lisa.
The Movie Boy
4.0
McAdams definitely sells it, and Wes Craven shoots it with a surgeons precision, hitting every beat and leaving nothing unresolved.
Bullz-Eye
1.5
The action moves from the sky to solid ground and this is where the film devolves into a routine battle of wills that ends with a slam bang finale.
Reeling Reviews
3.0
Its not a major Craven work, but whether you call it a horror movie, its full of what he does best.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.1
Excepting the mainstream misfire Music of the Heart, Craven has remained a genre director, and that genre has nothing to do with love.
ReelViews
3.8
Yes these elements are fun if they are done well but if you really want to keep the tension at the highest level give it to us in a concentrated burst ..
Hollywood
3.8
The movie is bold in other ways as well, not the least of which is that it defies all the conventional wisdom of contemporary thriller making by devel ..
Seattle Pi
4.5
This is his first foray into the thriller genre, and its a smashing debut.
Tony Medley
3.5
Red Eye is the newest entry in an almost nonexistent genre the woman centric action thriller.
Pajiba
3.1
Red Eye an exhilarating B movie thriller that overcomes its plot holes with tight storytelling, talented stars Long time horror maven Wes Craven tries ..
Spliced Wire
3.8
The end result is a consistently watchable slasher that successfully manages to appeal to both newcomers and the series fans, with the revitalized atm ..
Reel Film
3.0
It really does.Even though you know whats coming, its still a good ride to watch it all fit together.
7M Pictures
3.8
Rosie DiManno: Sometimes, the truth simply will never be known Last week we learned that we likely will never learn the cause of two spectacular myste ..
The Star
3.8
While a few of the films more preposterous story elements do remain glaring, Red Eye is nonetheless enjoyable and exciting, something more than merely ..
Deseret News
4.0
Slick, smart, and everything you want and expect from a Hollywood thriller.
Urban Cine File
4.0
Will wonders never cease.The director whose most common image is that of a supernatural creature chasing a helpless girl as his next victim has actual ..
Varia Gate
3.1
As a film, it was meant to be a quick, suspenseful trifle.On that level it succeeds.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.8
Red Eye is a solid, tense thriller with a straightforward story and two fantastic lead actors.
Waffle Movies
3.5
As with most movies of this type the premise is slightly preposterous, and the plot turns in fairly predictable ways, but it is extremely well crafted ..
ComingSoon
3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.2
The setup flies, the tension builds, and screenwriter Carl Ellsworth cooks a taut summer page turner of a thriller with mild political overtones.
Flip Side Archive
3.8
Red Eye is what we call summer entertainment, and who would have thought that a mid August barnburner would emerge as one of the best films of the sum ..
From The Balcony
3.8
An efficient thriller that alludes to both the war on terror and female abuse without allowing either issue to interfere with its consistently taut ac ..
Nicks Chager
2.0
This political subtext to this decades most popular horror films will be mocked and riffed upon for years if theres any justice: Whats the fun in a ho ..
Films Nobs
1.5
Thats what I call overwrought..The skewed logic of this crucial narrative conceit gets stretched so thin that the films explosive climax raises audien ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
I said Red Eye was state of the art, and it is.Its expert in all the right ways and its observation of domestic air travel is spot on.
Archive Spectator
4.0
Then he goes and directs Scream.While no classic, Scream revived the slasher genre.
Juicy Cerebellum
2.5
Game of Thrones: Sounds Like the Iron Bank Wont Be in the Final Season IGN News The representative of the Iron Bank, Tycho Nestoris played by Mark Gat ..
Film Force Ign
4.4
Tight...Taut...Gripping...Cravens most suspenseful film since The Hills Have Eyes.
Fantastic A Daily
3.0
The plot device of woman in trouble meets woman triumphant has grown a little long in the tooth lately but that doesnt mean it doesnt work.
The Tyee
3.5
Wes Craven does a magnificent job in directing this slow burn, short fused thriller.
Horror
3.8
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The Cinema Phile Blog
3.2
The films contained setting and solid performances drag it over the top and make it a flight to book and enjoy if not necessarily forever remember.
Now Playing Mag
3.1
Instead, its a neat hour long thriller with a hasty and convoluted finale tacked on.
Wash Times
3.0
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