David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 23, 2025 6/10

Cube is an interesting low budget, sci-fi horror from the 90’s. While that low-budget feel is present in Cube, director Vincenzo Natali does a great job of masking it with a variety of clever choices.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 18, 2023 2.5/4

In the end, its possibility is simply too vast to ignore, but the downfalls are simply too apparent to dismiss.

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Howard Gorman NME (New Musical Express) Jun 10, 2021

Vicenzo Natali's provocatively claustrophobic film really kick-started the gaming horror renaissance.

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Naila Scargill Exquisite Terror Feb 28, 2019

Vincenzo Natali's debut holds a beauty in purity that matches the mathematical conundrum its characters find themselves in.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Sep 1, 2013 7/10

[Director Vincenzo] Natali's handling of mood and pace leave Cube one of the tightest horror-thrillers of the late '90s.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jan 26, 2013 3/4

...an inventive (if inconsistent) bit of sci-fi fun.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011 C

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Alex Fitch Electric Sheep May 6, 2010

The lack of information, the strange Jack Kirbyesque details on the walls and the absence of any outside world makes the environment of the film timeless and suitably, subtly existential.

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Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Dec 16, 2006 3/5

Nem mesmo os dilogos pedestres e as atuaes medianas conseguem destruir o interesse gerado por um conceito interessante, ainda que mal desenvolvido.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Jun 24, 2003 3/4

A bizarre, frightening, and clever new low-budget movie with a "Twilight Zone"-ish premise.

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Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Apr 27, 2003 4/5

One of the smartest, most nail-biting thrillers in EON's

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Nick Schager Slant Magazine Apr 12, 2003

Cube is a film boxed in by its own intriguing central premise.

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Mark Palermo The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Jan 27, 2003 4/5

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Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium Jan 11, 2003 3/5

The film's clever gimmick holds up well, despite a cold, clinical tone.

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James Rocchi Netflix Nov 7, 2002 2.5/5

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Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Mar 2, 2002

For the six trapped characters in this film their own warps are their worst enemies.

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies Feb 28, 2002 4/5

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