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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensA disjointed, sometimes fascinating mélange of moods, associations and effects.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenEmerges as a frustrating cop-out.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIf your reason for seeing In the Cut is to watch America's sweetheart stripped bare, you'll get what you're looking for. On the other hand, if you're looking for a good movie, this one will disappoint.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyBeautifully crafted and highlighted by an arresting change-of-pace perf by Meg Ryan as an English teacher erotically awakened by a homicide detective. But the story's unpalatable narrative holes and dramatic missteps will hold sway over the pic's better qualities.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThough the oppressive artiness makes the early scenes fairly ridiculous, the director's odd methods add rare tension to the climax, as it becomes evident that the finale won't be so predictable in Campion's hands.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAggressively grim and gory.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA disappointing erotic thriller from director Jane Campion that amounts to an implausible update on "Looking for Mr. Goodbar."
- 40New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerCampion is dabbling in several different types of movie here: police procedural, film noir, romantic melodrama, sex fantasia. None really succeeds.
- 37New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsCampion has made something that's almost unbearably pretentious.
- 30The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyIn the Cut is completely controlled and all of a piece, and yet, apart from one performance (Mark Ruffalo), it's terrible--a thriller devoid of incidental pleasures or humor, or even commonplace reality. [27 October 2003, p. 112]