Chaos
Kino Video | Release Date: March 7, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The narrative is fractured, David Lynch-style. Everything eventually makes sense -- sort of. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
With his sure handling of this thriller's switchback plot and hairpin turns, Hideo Nakata confirms his mastery of genre material in the wake of his phenomenally successful "Ring." Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Naturally, the worm turns again and again in this demi-Hitchcockian death trap, and Nakata knows how to shoot scenes of breath-holding paranoia: from a distance, simply, in real time. (We'll see how the inevitable remake, directed by Jonathan Glazer, measures up.) Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
It's not giving too much away to note that we've seen a lot of this before, in classic noir and postnoir films, though to name those films would spoil things. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
In the end, Chaos is as compelling as it is confounding, and it's compelling in large part because of the confusion it stirs. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDave Kehr
The film's mechanical workings are still impressive, but between the unsympathetic characters and the coldly precise direction, there is little here for an audience to clutch to its heart. Read full review
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