73
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyA hypnotically engrossing thriller that spins along on the dreams and anxieties of its characters.
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonMartin Scorsese brings honor back to the remake. He shines up this reprise of the original with original brilliance
- 80VarietyVarietyA smart and stylish remake of the 1962 suspenser.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenIf this is Scorsese's bid for the commercial big time, then let the cash registers ring.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertImpressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre.
- It's a brutal, demonic film with a grip like a vise; it grabs you early, its fingers around your throat, and never lets go.
- 70TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAn exercise in audience manipulation, with every frame designed to stagger the senses.
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumEven as a simple genre picture it works only in fits and starts.
- 60The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe movie keeps insisting that the gruelling experience it's putting us through is really meant to edify us; it drags us into the mud and then tells us that we haven't got dirty.