The Apparition
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 24, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
40
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoAug 24, 2012
The soulless-ness of their empty plot of track homes and super-store existence invokes both "Poltergeist" and "Employee of the Month." Read full review
38
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyAug 27, 2012
To those of us in the audience who might be strangers in paranormal precincts, it looks suspiciously like a séance. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick PinkertonAug 27, 2012
The Apparition is not a great or even good haunted-house movie, but it does have the advantage of a memorable setting. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAndy WebsterAug 27, 2012
At one point Ben helpfully looks under the house to see what might be causing the ruckus. "Watch out for spiders!" Kelly says. Actually, Ben - and the filmmakers - have a lot more to worry about. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 24, 2012
Lincoln's script has no knack for the pacing of cinematic exorcisms, and the truncated climax he does offer is short on action and scares. Read full review
30
MovielineAlison WillmoreAug 24, 2012
An incomprehensibly garbled, derivative attempt at a horror flick from first-time writer-director Todd Lincoln. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorAug 25, 2012
A plodding, undercooked, and old-fashioned (not in a good way, either) chiller that will bore you to tears instead of scare you to death. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsAug 24, 2012
It's a potentially creepy setting that would give an innovative director a chance to do a lot with a little. Unfortunately, Lincoln isn't one of those. Read full review
20
VarietyJoe LeydonAug 24, 2012
This enervating muddle of paranormal nonsense manages the difficult feat of seeming frenzied and lethargic all at once, while building toward the sort of ludicrous cop-out climax that often incites die-hard genre fans to shout rude things at the screen. Read full review
20
Time OutBen KenigsbergAug 24, 2012
The Apparition turns out to be nothing more than a series of feebly constructed "Boo!" scenes tacked together to achieve (barely) feature length. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczAug 27, 2012
With more telegraphed scares than Samuel Morse on Halloween, it still might give you a restless night, but only because you fell asleep in the theater. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineChris CabinAug 24, 2012
The story is a worthy one, but the film lacks any daring expressive touches that might have made it, at the very least, noteworthy. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAug 29, 2012
Come to think of it, it's a lot like the departed shade of a better, longer movie, hovering in tatters before us, vanishing when we blink. When you look into this abyss, it yawns back at you. Read full review
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