Scanners
AVCO Embassy Pictures | Release Date: January 14, 1981 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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4
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4
Negative:
0
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80
TimeRichard Corliss
Cronenberg delivers. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Scanners offers at least one literally eye-popping moment and another that can only be called mind-blowing. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Scanners is a memorable and absorbing genre entertainment. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
The film is more interesting as a phenomenon than as a movie. [27 Feb 1981]
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