Pandorum
Overture Films | Release Date: September 25, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
Handsomely mounted, emotionally involving sci-fi movies don't often show up in the darkened galaxies of our theatre chains. So Alvart's English-language debut is definitely a film you want to catch on the big screen. Just don't sit too close, lest you end up with a dose of pandorum. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJustine Elias
Pandorum is a dark, disquieting dream worth watching out for. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
How brazenly can one film rip off "Alien," "I Am Legend," and, somewhat oddly, "The Poseidon Adventure"? Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyMichelle Orange
Director Christian Alvart clearly attended horror’s new paint-shaker school of direction (motto: shaky = scary!), but the script’s twisty, end-of-the-world intrigue saves this otherwise leaden film from total self-destruction. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Throw out the presence of Dennis Quaid, and the new science-fiction/horror snoozer Pandorum could easily pass for a Roger Corman cheapie. Read full review
30
VarietyRob Nelson
Special effects are none too convincing, while sound effects are of the cheaply jolting variety favored by producer Paul W.S. Anderson in his films as director ("Resident Evil," "Event Horizon"). Other tech credits are, like the pic as a whole, lazily derivative. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Claustrophobic, tedious sci-fi thriller. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
According to the press notes, pandorum means “Orbital Dysfunctional Syndrome”; whatever that is, by the end of the movie I was convinced I had caught it. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGlenn Whipp
Keeps its audience in the dark -- literally and figuratively -- far too long to be of much use besides as a patience-trying exercise in reference spotting. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
The sort of thing that makes you wish you were playing a video game instead. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The movie soon turns into only a production-designed run-and-chase game, and our curiosity about what happened to Earth and the crew is teased and teased again until the movie’s big letdown of a reveal. Read full review
20
Time OutKeith Uhlich
This is hackwork of the highest order, lacking in all poetry and barely comprehensible aurally or visually. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
In all fairness, the sheer, overwhelming mediocrity of everything about Pandorum – Travis Milloy's hackneyed, ultra-derivative script, Alvart's plodding pacing and dull direction, even the eventual crimson tide of gore that duly arrives just in time to keep audience members over the age of 13 from dozing off – may well constitute a new breed of horror: In space, no one can hear you snore. Read full review
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