Portals
Screen Media Films | Release Date: October 25, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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50
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerOct 29, 2019
Portals feels like a first pass at a bigger idea, and a framing mechanism that takes a wild series of closing turns sets up a much bigger – and darkly interesting – universe. In that way, Portals promises more in future than it delivers here. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyOct 25, 2019
Portals is something of a bait-and-switch. While the concept suggests mind-bending alternate-reality stuff, the not terribly cerebral reality of the movie offers more in the line of eyeball-gouging, blood-spurting, face-melting shock horror. Read full review
40
Film ThreatAlex SavelievOct 24, 2019
Despite the involvement of some skilled filmmakers, Portals is a cinematic black hole – vacuous and barely perceptible in the vastness of space lit with far brighter stars. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 25, 2019
Hopkins makes an interesting, confused and increasingly dubious victim/hero/survivor. But the whole doesn’t answer any questions, not that it asks any interesting ones in the first place. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 25, 2019
Thanks to the efforts of the talented filmmakers and the committed performances by the all-in cast, there are some undeniably spooky moments. But you have to sit through an awful lot of tedium to get to them. Read full review
10
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 24, 2019
It is difficult to believe that an actual first encounter with interdimensional beings would be such a complete waste of time. Read full review
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