Phantom
RCR Distribution | Release Date: March 1, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 28, 2013
Despite the world-changing ramifications inherent to the plot, the results are more tedious than thrilling. Read full review
30
Village VoiceChris PackhamFeb 26, 2013
The ensuing suspense story is a pastiche of familiar tropes—effectively paced, but without originality. And what is up with combinations of Ed Harris, water, and unbelievably hokey endings? Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangFeb 25, 2013
The potential for screw-tightening suspense gets lost amid the ineffectual dramatics in Phantom, a feeble fictionalization of a crucial but little-known moment when a rogue Soviet submarine brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoMar 1, 2013
Heavy-handed dialogue, flurries of melodrama and a silly ending make the whole enterprise sink like a stone. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineNick SchagerFeb 23, 2013
Todd Robinson's film is a third-rate submarine-set drama until, in its final moments, it sinks to fourth-rate. Read full review
0
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 28, 2013
The dialogue is dreadful (though we are at least spared the usual hokey Russian accents) and the wrap-up ridiculous, the only mystery being why this peculiarity was ever greenlighted at all. Read full review
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