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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA good measure of the movie's white-knuckle fun comes from Craven's old-hand familiarity with the way thrillers tick.
- 80Dallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonDallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonMay not seem to be your typical Wes Craven movie. It's not really horror, there are no marketable monsters, and unlike "Cursed," "Scream 3" and other recent Craven offerings, it's actually an enjoyable time at the movies.
- 80SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinA minimalist exercise in maximalist suspense.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneMcAdams, who resembles a more compact and subtle Geena Davis, captures both the strength and the insecurity beneath her sharp-witted heroine's aim-to-please facade.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttRed Eye has a devilish charm. It pulls just about every nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat trick imaginable, yet gets away with it through what is, admittedly, a clever and original gimmick.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerDeparting less from his horror bailiwick than he did with "Music Of The Heart" in 1999, Wes Craven retains shocks but dispenses with scares in the negligible Red Eye.
- 70Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimCraven's terror-alert white-knuckler is zippy, unpretentious.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasIf constructing a thriller could be likened to building a house, then Wes Craven's Red Eye is a perfect piece of architecture: It's clean-lined and soundly structured, without a foot of wasted space or any materials left unused.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliA silly script and uneven pacing.
- 50L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasBetween them, first-time screenwriter Carl Ellsworth and director Wes Craven don't come up with a single clever way to generate suspense, and the movie's onboard atmosphere is so phony.