60
Metascore
41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyGeorge Nofi pulls off a relative rarity in his feature film debut by creating a genuinely romantic fantasy suspense thriller.
- 80EmpireEmpireBy keeping the pace quick, the explanation light and the characters strong, Nolfi achieves the near-impossible: a film puzzle you won't mind leaving unexplained.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAn enjoyable piece of hokum – your basic doom-laden parable of metaphysical sci-fi mind control, only with a surprise romantic sparkle.
- 63Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreThis "Inception" meets "Made in Heaven" by way of "They Live" is also the screwiest movie Matt Damon has been in since, what, "Dogma?"
- 60VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangIts fun first hour soon gives way to a leaden, expository approach that unwisely favors emotional stakes over speculative-fiction smarts.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfYou outsmart the movie way too soon.
- 50The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyStrange, empty movie, a metaphysical Cracker Jack box without a prize in its empty-calorie depths.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe so-called Plan is derailed!
- 40New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe doughy Damon and aristocratic Blunt don't match up physically, and they never get any Hepburn-Tracy rhythms going that might create some current.