Frozen
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: February 5, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ObserverRex Reed
The best kind of horror film, about innocent people plunged into mind-boggling circumstances beyond their control. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
Frozen delivers enough thrills and gory chills to satisfy the horror film crowd, but is not written, directed or acted well enough to be a first-rate thriller. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
A minimalist setup delivers maximum fright in Frozen, a nifty little chiller that balances its cold terrain with an unexpectedly warm heart. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The film moves along, in its paradoxically static way, at a pretty fair clip. I look forward to Green's follow-up. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
While the actors are game, their characters are awfully generic. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
A stuck chairlift just doesn't exert the same primal terror as a roiling sea, and to make up the difference, Green would need a better cast and sharper dialogue than he has here. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
An effective, no-frills gruel-a-thon if that’s your cup of Swiss Miss, and it explores such burning questions as: What happens if you’re dumb enough to leave your bare hand on a metal safety bar overnight? Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
Frozen would get props for a novel plot, except that its storyline appears to be ski-lifted from the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode where Larry is stuck on a chairlift with an Orthodox Jewish woman who is terrified of being seen with a man after sunset. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter Debruge
Don't be surprised if the movie's most wince-inducing moments come not from the "disturbing images" (as the MPAA describes the sight of a leg bone sticking six inches out of one character's ski pants) but rather of the bad acting and worse dialogue. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Green also can't maintain the suspension of disbelief necessary as we watch three charmlessly written characters bicker and attempt inane ideas. It's one thing to be scared with them, and quite another to feel trapped with them. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
Better to defrost "Alive" or "The Edge" from the video icebox. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
It's difficult to get into its "What would I do?" vibe, though, through so thick and transparent a barrier of contrivances. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Relies far too much on an overdose of gore and a pack of hungry wolves to deliver its chills. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Adam Green's Frozen explores a tiny idea exhaustively, and I mean exhaustively. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
If you actually sit through this enervating ordeal, you'll swear that time is Frozen. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Frozen is good for five minutes of "What would you do if?" games. Then it's just stiff as a board. Read full review
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