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Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the way, and then our hands close on air. If you walk out before the ending, you'll think it's better than it is.
- 40The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottA thriller wrapped in heavy-duty gauze to muffle the chills.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonAiming to elicit a last-minute shiver from the audience, Gaghan is likely to get instead a mood-destroying giggle.
- 40Village VoiceEd ParkVillage VoiceEd ParkHardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman's breakdown, the film nevertheless works up a few scares, particularly a tense call-number hunt in the library stacks.
- 40The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinGaghan shows promise as a director, but Abandon leaves a lot of room for improvement.
- 38USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkHolmes, of Dawson's Creek, will be up the creek if she can't avoid movies like this. And so will you if you see it.
- 33Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganHas a few pleasing stylistic flourishes and a potentially Hitchcockian plot, but the writing and rhythm are so off that when the final "shocker" arrives, we have seen it coming or have abandoned caring.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA trite psychological thriller -- all buildup and no payoff, a mystery that essentially offers only two alternative solutions, which diminishes the element of surprise and strings the viewer along way past caring which possibility proves to be true.
- 12New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannA confusing mishmash.