Fallen
Warner Bros. | Release Date: January 16, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
18
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
ColliderMichael John Petty
Contrary to the film's critical reception, Fallen stands out as one of the most interesting portrayals of demonic possession ever put to film (not to mention managing to be a compelling detective thriller). Read full review
80
Orlando SentinelJay Boyar
A creep-out with style to spare. [16 Jan 1998, p.19]
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Despite the negatives, I'm still recommending Fallen on the strength of its complex plot and especially its ending, which I loved. The final scenes are startling, audacious, and unexpected. It's not often that a plot development takes me by surprise the way this one did. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJack Mathews
For those who go along with it, it's a crafty piece of work nonetheless, ending with a pair of marvelous twists. [16 Jan 1998, p.F1]
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
With the warmly engaging presence of Mr. Washington to keep it at least half-credible, and with a brooding and literate noir screenplay by Nicholas Kazan, ''Fallen'' was directed by Gregory Hoblit with the same dark intensity of his earlier feature ''Primal Fear.'' Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Kazan writes plausible, literate dialogue and Hoblit creates a realistic world, so that the horror never seems, as it does in less ambitious thrillers, to feel at home. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
The moment this movie began to go wrong, so wrong, was when the word "angels" started working its way into the script, coming out of the mouths of people we are supposed to respect and look to for hope. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Fallen may not scare you, but it'll certainly haunt you. [16 Jan 1998, p.4G]
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