A Perfect Getaway
Rogue Pictures | Release Date: August 7, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

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80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
A B-movie-style throwback that’s consistently diverting and blissfully free of morals and messages, A Perfect Getaway is just the thing for the summertime movie blahs: it’s a genuinely satisfying cheap thrill. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The plot will require some discussion after the film is over. Is it misleading? Yes. Does it cheat? I think not. It only seems to cheat. That’s part of the effect. All’s fair in love and war, and the plots of thrillers. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
Benefits from one standout performance: Timothy Olyphant ( Deadwood ) plays the part of Nick with ingratiating comic relish. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
If you're willing to have your patience tested, Twohy and his cast reward it. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
A clever, heart-pounding thriller, and a welcome return to form for the director. Read full review
70
Village VoiceTim Grierson
A Perfect Getaway is never great, but Twohy isn't aspiring for greatness--he's after gritty and lively and weird. And that's good enough. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are worth waiting for through an audaciously long buildup -- A Perfect Getaway finds writer-director David Twohy in popcorn form with a muscularity not seen since 2000's "Pitch Black." Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGlenn Whipp
To Twohy's credit, he does a decent job of keeping you guessing -- and interested -- until almost the very end. Read full review
70
Washington PostJohn Anderson
While A Perfect Getaway, like "The Sixth Sense," recaps itself, to indicate to the audience what they may have missed (and when), there seems to be plot holes large enough that one could paddle through them in an outrigger canoe. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
Writer-director David Twohy (Pitch Black) serves up mechanical thrills culminating in a bogus twist ending. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Steve Zahn makes full use of the many varieties of hyper in his acting arsenal, while Timothy Olyphant has a heckuva good time telegraphing macho mania. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Even if you know what’s coming, it’s a neat bit of meta-thriller filmmaking, as much about the mechanics of storytelling as a reasonably satisfying example of it. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Just a run-of-the-mill slasher/thriller. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
For a low-brow, psycho-on-the-loose-in-paradise thriller, A Perfect Getaway is surprisingly entertaining. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
When the story’s twist arrives, you half-expect Twohy to throw in a couple of reels from "Dead Again," plus outtakes from "The Usual Suspects." It’s a lulu; I'm just not sure if it's the sort of lulu that will lead to great word-of-mouth. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
A Perfect Getaway may not play fair by the audience but at least it cheats honestly. These days that's something. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
For a thriller of its kind, it's a lively and slick summer escape. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
Twohy serves up a hard-to-swallow second-act twist and an unconvincing back story, but the slightly overlong A Perfect Getaway recovers with a pulse-pounding climax. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
It's still a gimmicky, tricked-out tale that is all too self-aware. But the film does keep you guessing and probably guessing wrong. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchKevin C. Johnson
More scenic than scary. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A Perfect Getaway is, in its own delightfully silly and manipulative way, one of the most effective paranoid thrillers of the new millennium. That doesn't make it a great movie by a long shot. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The result isn't deadly dull, but it does turn what should have been a most dangerous game into a basic scenery-chewing contest. Read full review
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