Trapped
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 20, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A pretty skillfully handled domestic thriller about a criminal activity that, while always upsetting, is especially noxious now due to the too many recent tragic and highly publicized instances of it. Read full review
63
New York PostMegan Lehmann
A tightly drawn, propulsive thriller with some pleasingly unexpected kinks in the tale and a couple of believable performances from Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon in the leads. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Splashes its drama all over the screen, subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured, but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Trapped does have a fine ensemble of actors and, except for what may be the most outrageously idiotic and improbable ending in a few years, is not that bad a movie. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Pointless little kidnapping thriller. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Luis Mandoki's brisk hack job pushes no more buttons than Connie Chung Tonight -- though, for better or worse, it's perverse enough to stage the traumatic event as a spouse swap. Read full review
50
Film ThreatRick Kisonak
The first half of Luis (Angel Eyes) Mandoki's new thriller is as whiteknuckle, nerve-wracking as they come. The second is such a mishmash of overblown action and gaping plotholes, it's hard to believe it's the work of the same director. Read full review
50
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
Another disposable kidnapping thriller.
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
By the time the high-octane ending arrived I didn't even care what happened to the kid. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Mandoki's a pro, but a juiceless one, with only enough energy to reach the finish line, which becomes the viewer's goal as well. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The most frightening sight, though, is that of Theron and Bacon, good actors trapped in the muck of making a living. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
There is no pleasure in watching a child suffer. Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame. Watching Trapped simply makes us feel guilty. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Bacon makes an appropriately detestable villain; unfortunately, he's the most interesting character here. As for Love, well, this puts her one career rung closer to ''Hollywood Squares.'' Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Not the kind of unwatchable mess you might assume a film withheld from reviewers' scrutiny would be. It is, however, something equally unfortunate: a mess you'd rather not be watching. Read full review
20
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
A tone of lurid idiocy permeates Trapped, a Z-grade woman-in-peril thriller starring scenery-chewing Kevin Bacon. Read full review
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