Seconds
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 5, 1966 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
Seconds has moments, and that's too bad, in a way. But for its soft and flabby midsection, it might have been one of the trimmest shockers of the year. Read full review
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
US suburbia boredom is treated in an original manner in this cross between a sci-fi opus, a thriller, a suspense pic and a parable on certain aspects of American middle-class life. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
The screenplay (by Lewis John Carlino, of The Great Santini) collapses into musty moralizing in the second half, and director John Frankenheimer throws in the towel. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyTim Purtell
The technical dazzle can’t make up for the boring, unsympathetic characters. With no one to root for, this arty, humorless film ends up pretentiously empty. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
There are some good ideas tucked away inside scrambled unpleasantness.
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