Citadel
Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Release Date: November 9, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayNov 14, 2012
Citadel is plenty scary: a bare-bones man-against-his-worst-fears white knuckler, shot through deep, menacing shadows. Read full review
80
Total FilmRosie FletcherMar 1, 2013
[A] fresh, eerie twist on urban horror. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDec 6, 2012
This is a basic story, simply and directly told by Irish writer-director Ciaran Foy. He doesn't try to explain too much, he doesn't depend on special effects and stays just this side of the unbelievable. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanNov 29, 2012
I think Foy simply wants to deliver well-gauged terror and make a few points about personal responsibility and the need to overcome our fears. That he does quite well. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineNov 6, 2012
Citadel is stripped down and no-nonsense, fixating on Tommy's emotional and psychological struggles with an intensity that's harrowing. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonNov 6, 2012
Writer-director Ciaran Foy skillfully taps into primal fears and urban paranoia to keep his audience consistently unsettled in Citadel, an intensely suspenseful horror-thriller. Read full review
60
The GuardianHenry BarnesJul 12, 2013
Foy's talent lies in suggesting horror, not delivering it. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 8, 2012
This spare first feature from the Irish filmmaker Ciaran Foy (drawing on his own experiences) has an atavistic pulse, evoking a decaying society where elevators fail and bus drivers cower behind mesh grills. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichNov 6, 2012
The more that fright-flick conventions take over, the more the movie's recognizable and resonant human fears are dulled. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenNov 16, 2012
No longer content with simple conservatism, this horror is downright totalitarian. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenNov 15, 2012
The feature debut from Irish writer-director Ciarán Foy, Citadel attempts to transform mundane anxieties into the stuff of a horror film. But the initial tension of the premise dissipates like a slow leak. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 6, 2012
A dispiriting horror cheapie whose monsters-in-the-projects premise plays out like an anti-welfare parable. Read full review
42
The PlaylistDrew TaylorNov 8, 2012
Citadel, which won the Midnight award at the fest, further explores the fears and anxieties of urban Britain (and Ireland), and the results are sometimes scary, sometimes silly, and always politically questionable. Read full review
40
EmpireOwen WilliamsFeb 25, 2013
Plenty of pungent ideas and a nice line in urban terror. The final product falls short of the best in Brit horror, though. Read full review
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