Kidnap
Aviron Pictures | Release Date: August 4, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
10
Negative:
8
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38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 4, 2017
It is possible to make a movie in which nearly the entire running length is a car chase. An example of how to do this is "Duel." An example of how not to do it is Kidnap. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldAug 3, 2017
Kidnap has a tossed-together sameness to it, like a salad made up only of tired lettuce. Read full review
38
Boston GlobePeter KeoughAug 2, 2017
Maybe if the filmmakers suggested that these villains were once children with mothers themselves, it might have made their crime, and the chase that ensues, less one-dimensional. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAug 3, 2017
Kidnap is an asinine child-abduction thriller spliced with a touch of the early Steven Spielberg TV movie "Duel," and the most likable thing about it is that it is utter, unabashed garbage. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaAug 3, 2017
This is a low-stakes, no-frills, point-A-to-point-B crime thriller, taking inspiration from every parent’s worst nightmare, and pretty much nothing else. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 3, 2017
For all of Berry’s breathless, screechy effort, Kidnap doesn’t contain any suspense or tension. Read full review
16
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 3, 2017
The Emoji Movie might have been a boring and brazenly cynical piece of corporate propaganda, but at least it had the courtesy to be offensive. Kidnap, on the other hand, doesn’t have the the courtesy to be much of anything. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyAug 4, 2017
Kidnap isn’t schlock, it’s garbage. Read full review
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