Right at Your Door
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: August 24, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
There are no zombies to distract from the plausibility of Right at Your Door. And that's what makes this smart, coolly horrifying American indie thriller one of the scariest movies you're likely to see all year — a post-9/11 nightmare about terrorism, panic, and paranoia with real, waking-life implications. Read full review
80
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Ultimately a story about the American mindset post-9/11, Right at Your Door is also a much more personal tale, as it forces all of us to consider what we would do if the chips were down. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
This is frightening stuff, ably helmed (by writer/director Gorak, art director on the nerve janglers Fight Club and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), viciously acted, and altogether horrific in ways George A. Romero could imagine only through the lens of the darkest sort of fantasy. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
While this is admittedly not lighthearted mainstream fare, the subject matter is interesting and is handled in a manner that offers a compelling and sometimes unsettling 95 minutes. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The two actors are solid, never overplaying scenes and capturing well that slow realization that their lives are never going to be the same. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChuck Wilson
Grounded hard by some terrific smoking-skyline special effects and by Cochrane and McCormack's intensity. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
McCormack and Cochrane can't transcend the clichéd, meandering dialogue, so Brad and Lexi's dilemma never feels like anything but a didactic contrivance. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The movie has an ironic and unpredictable ending, but it doesn't wash away the sour taste of Brad's behavior. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
As frightening as it intends to be, but not enjoyably so. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This doomsday scenario takes up the first third of the movie, after which the tension dissipates badly and the husband and wife, now separated by plastic sheeting, wait for help to arrive. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Chris Gorak grabs the viewer by the throat in the first few minutes, but quickly fritters away involvement by concentrating almost exclusively on two characters who are both annoying and boring. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
First-time director Chris Gorak is no Rod Serling, and in his hands the enterprise tends toward the lurid, especially after his nifty third-act twist. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
The film, especially in its resolution, feels a bit like a “Twilight Zone” episode and might have been better at that length, but the acting’s pretty good, and the cinematography keeps things lively. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
The characters devolve into boring narcissists. And the movie devolves into a broad-brush dark satire of emergency bureaucracy that feels a lot sillier than the post-9/11 panic attack of the first half-hour. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePam Grady
Grows more and more incredible leading up to a twist ending worthy of an O. Henry short story that is as appropriate as it is ridiculous. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesStaff (Not credited)
A dumb twist can be excused, however, if your characters keep the thing afloat, which makes perhaps the most unforgivable sin of this claustrophobic terror scenario the fact that we have to spend it with arguably the two least interesting people in Los Angeles. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The film is low budget but puffed with self-importance, and it offers proof that Hollywood filmmakers should probably steer clear of topics that actually matter. Read full review
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