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INTRUDERS (2012)Movie Reviews
Horror thriller about two families whose lives are disrupted by menacing apparitions. Cast:Clive Owen, Carice Van Houten, Daniel Bruhl, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Ella Purnell, Izan CorcheroDirector:Juan Carlos FresnadilloRelease Date:March 30, 2012DVD Release:July 17, 2012From:UniversalRating:RLength:1 hr 40 min
Intruders (2012) played in key cities to moderate reviews. • Emanuel Levy wrote for Cinema 24/7, "...delivers the atmosphere, is sleek on the surface, but vastly disappointing when it comes to story and plot." • And Amy Biancolli wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle, "If you don't guess the big twist in the first 30 minutes, 'Intruders' is half of a good movie. If you do, it's about a third of a good movie." More Reviews Below...
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD(cg) "Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (who made the cool '28 Weeks Later') plays with classic horror elements of rain, bony monster fingers, vertiginous camera angles..."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 197 words, 03/30/12
James Berardinelli, Reel Views: MODERATE(cg) "Those interested in seeing it will do better to wait a short while for it to show up on home video rather than chasing it down in a theater."(See all of James Berardinelli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 635 words, 03/29/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...satisfyingly shivery... Fresnadillo uses shadows and directorial sleights of hand to coax forth its slow-building scares rather than just pouring on the usual guts and gore."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 638 words, 03/30/12
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: POOR(cg) "Owen is a good actor stuck in a subpar creepfest that makes no good use of his gravitas and talents.... it's all about empty scares."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 171 words, 03/30/12
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Bolstered by astute performances... artful and skillfully told... 'Intruders' trusts in the narrative richness of modulated creep.... The effect is both visceral and thoughtful..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 03/30/12
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE(cg) "...looks great and has a promising opening, but this atmospheric Spanish psychological thriller is otherwise pretty underwhelming."(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 03/30/12
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "There's something daringly meta (or maybe foolhardy) in the notion of a monster movie being made up by its protagonist as it goes along. 'Intruders' stumbles, however..."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 251 words, 03/28/12
KEY CITIES (5 Reviews)
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: MODERATE(cg) "...promises much but delivers relatively little.... We want to let 'Intruders' frighten us, but Hollowface, like the script that spawns him, isn't up to the task."(See all of Bill Goodykoontz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 458 words, 03/30/12
Ethan Gilsdorf, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "The film's point of view - and, the screenwriters' point - meanders.... its muddled, overambitious story leaves us unsatisfied - you might even say hollow."(See all of Ethan Gilsdorf's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 375 words, 03/30/12
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: POOR(cg) "If you don't guess the big twist in the first 30 minutes, 'Intruders' is half of a good movie. If you do, it's about a third of a good movie."(See all of Amy Biancolli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 291 words, 03/30/12
Roger Moore, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a genuine chiller, zipping us between locations and ratcheting up the fright with judicious use of shadows, extreme close-ups and strident violins in the score."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 349 words, 03/30/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (6 Reviews)
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "There's something daringly meta (or maybe foolhardy) in the notion of a monster movie being made up by its protagonist as it goes along. 'Intruders' stumbles, however..."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 251 words, 03/28/12
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Some of the intruders in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's dense, dark, but not very scary thriller come not from outside but from within. Or maybe both."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 158 words, 03/29/12
Scott Tobias, AV Club: MODERATE(cg) "Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's attempt to marry a monster movie with high-toned themes of storytelling and memory yields something more generic than it sounds."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 293 words, 09/14/11
Michelle Orange, Movieline: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...plays too much like an actual, incoherent nightmare to make a good movie... more interested in the aesthetics of scary movies than the whys, whats and wows."(See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 650 words, 03/28/12
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: FAIR(cg) "...it is all the more disappointing when a film that's neither here nor there points us so tantalizingly in the direction of its own lost greatness."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 534 words, 01/27/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...satisfyingly shivery... Fresnadillo uses shadows and directorial sleights of hand to coax forth its slow-building scares rather than just pouring on the usual guts and gore."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 638 words, 03/30/12
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Bolstered by astute performances... artful and skillfully told... 'Intruders' trusts in the narrative richness of modulated creep.... The effect is both visceral and thoughtful..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 03/30/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: FAIR "...a fitfully creepy, overly protracted chiller that plays more like a noncommittal sampler of horror techniques than the vivid nightmare it's clearly aiming for."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 739 words, 09/15/11
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Bolstered by astute performances... artful and skillfully told... 'Intruders' trusts in the narrative richness of modulated creep.... The effect is both visceral and thoughtful..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 03/30/12
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...satisfyingly shivery... Fresnadillo uses shadows and directorial sleights of hand to coax forth its slow-building scares rather than just pouring on the usual guts and gore."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 638 words, 03/30/12
17.9 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Intruders (2012)'s reviews are separated by an average 17.9 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Intruders (2012)'s reviews cover 31.4% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 8,955 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 407 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 11 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Intruders (2012)'s reviews on average broke 11 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Intruders (2012)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Intruders (2012) (22 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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