Open Windows
Cinedigm | Release Date: November 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNov 5, 2014
Open Windows has plenty to say about both the death of privacy and the dominion of the always-connected digiverse we now inhabit, and editor Bernat Vilaplana does a remarkable job of keeping the film’s frenetic pace rushing headlong toward an ending that you’ll never see coming. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoNov 7, 2014
Open Windows goes from crazy to Crazy to CRAZY, but maintains enough energy and cultural currency to keep the entertainment value high. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangOct 7, 2014
A fiendishly inventive thriller built around an audacious if unsustainable gimmick, Open Windows elevates Hitchcockian suspense to jittery new levels of mayhem and paranoia. Read full review
58
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicOct 7, 2014
While the execution may be somewhat of a misfire, the obvious effort and thought put into making the concept work is worthy. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenNov 4, 2014
Timidity and perhaps fear, of visual confinement, of lingering emotional engagement, closes Nacho Vigalondo's most promising windows. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubDavid EhrlichNov 5, 2014
Open Windows attempts to disguise a revenge movie by cloaking it in the flash of a voyeuristic techno-thriller, but the combined concepts are so high that the film resolves as Vigalondo reaches his Icarus moment, the corpse so mangled and unpleasant the project’s ambition can only be identified via dental records. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 7, 2014
It's pretty silly stuff, leaving the film to rely on more conventional car chases, woman-in-peril scenarios and mistaken identity to keep things interesting -- all seen on that laptop via security cameras and the like. Read full review
40
The DissolveScott TobiasOct 7, 2014
Vigalondo is shooting for something densely layered, an expression of the complexity and moral murkiness of the hacker sphere, but he doesn’t have the plot sorted out. Read full review
30
Village VoiceChuck WilsonNov 6, 2014
The new thriller from Spanish writer-director Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) is visually dazzling, but the story starts off silly and ends up a confusing, maddening mess. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 6, 2014
Smothered by a storm of visual tics — and the tiniest of nods to “Rear Window” (1954) — any social commentary takes second place to multitasking gimmickry. Read full review
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