The Bay
Lionsgate | Release Date: November 2, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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60
Total FilmMatt GlasbyFeb 16, 2013
All prologue and no pay-off, but compelling all the same, this curio plays out like Diary Of The Dead with more diaries and fewer dead. Read full review
60
Village VoiceKarina LongworthNov 1, 2012
Despite a handful of legit creepy moments, the film's concern with superficial realism prevents it from really hitting home; its fuzzy, fractured depiction of disaster never comes close to conjuring the "holy shit it could happen here don't touch that doorknob" real-world paranoia of last year's artfully Hollywood-ized disaster film, "Contagion." Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisNov 1, 2012
Lacks the creepy immediacy of even the most misbegotten of the found-footage genre. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChris CabinOct 29, 2012
The Bay is Barry Levinson's most engaged and entertaining movie since "Wag the Dog," which isn't to say that he's given up his irksome predilection for a certain bullish type of liberalism. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenNov 2, 2012
The story becomes more ridiculous as it escalates, the film's over-determined ecological focus undermining any real horror movie tension. Levinson's casting choices are off-the-mark as well - star Kether Donohue is just plain bad. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. ScottNov 1, 2012
There is a lot of nasty stuff to look at, but very little that is genuinely haunting, jolting or terrifying. Read full review
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