Rapt
Lorber Films | Release Date: July 6, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Hollywood ReporterBernard Besserglik Jul 5, 2011
Lucas Belvaux's Rapt is two movies, both excellent, for the price of one. Read full review
90
VarietyJordan MintzerJul 5, 2011
The issues come clashing together in an explosive package that, despite some snafus, remains fairly riveting to the end. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnJul 9, 2011
Progressing with a coldly observational pace, Rapt often strains its drawn-out structure, creating a lethargic experience despite essentially taking the form of a Bressonian suspense-thriller. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubSam AdamsJul 7, 2011
While the back-and-forth between various parties grows tiresome through repetition, Rapt rallies with a lengthy epilogue in which the aftermath of Attal's ordeal proves more draining than the physical privation that preceded it. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAug 13, 2011
Rapt fuses strands of dramatic tension in a shrewd enough way that it even saves its sharpest cuts for the kidnapping's aftermath, when a well-heeled life laid bare must reconcile with a much different form of enforced solitude. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorJul 5, 2011
Compellingly taut and existentially thoughtful, this exceptional Euro-American hybrid is perfectly pitched for the kind of crossover success previously enjoyed by Guillaume Canet's 2006 surprise hit "Tell No One." Read full review
75
Boston GlobeMark FeeneySep 15, 2011
Rapt is smooth, cool, and efficient. It's a movie with very little wasted motion - or, for much of its length, wasted emotion. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAug 31, 2011
What lends Rapt its fascination is that it represents such a dramatic fall from grace for its hero. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 21, 2011
As thrillers go, Rapt is long on intellect and short on action, a virtue to some degree, though not entirely. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoJul 7, 2011
Yvan Attal and Anne Consigny give understated but powerful performances as Graff and his wife, Françoise. Although a bit too long, Rapt makes for compelling viewing. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 7, 2011
A solid yet fleet French thriller about a society kidnapping and its shockwaves. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKalvin HenelyJul 5, 2011
It presents itself in a sleek suit and tie, carrying itself from the moment it enters the room with a steadfast gait that suggests there's no dotted line it can't get us to agree to sign. Read full review
60
Total FilmSimon KinnearJan 25, 2015
This muted procedural promises more than it can deliver. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichJul 5, 2011
Belvaux's tension-building setup is stellar; the follow-through, less so. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesSep 1, 2011
This French kidnapping drama drags on for so long I'd have paid the ransom out of my own pocket just to wrap things up. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonJul 5, 2011
The growing disgust of both his family and business associates, all hazily drawn, may knock the magnate down, but it's a limp substitute for the public fury that still burns after the fall of 2008. Read full review
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