James Croot The Post NZ Feb 25, 2021 3.5/5

Fans of action flicks will lap this up, but for those expecting an adult thriller, the 11th-hour diversion into unexpected territory is unwelcome turbulence, marring what, up until then, had been a slick, smooth and extremely enjoyable ride.

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Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Dec 20, 2020 3/5

Has there been an abduction, or is this a figment of a rattled mind? Nothing becomes clear until late in the film, by which time you should be fully gripped by this bizarre mystery.

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 5, 2019 2/4

Sets up its premise quickly, then simply has nowhere to go.

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Namrata Joshi Outlook Jan 9, 2019 2/4

The alternations between reality and illusion could have been intriguing but the filmmaker doesn't want to go on that track at all.

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Nell Minow Beliefnet Sep 1, 2011 D

It's always a bad sign in a thriller when the big reveal is greeted by hoots of derisive laughter.

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Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Mar 22, 2011 7/10

As with many modern thrillers the actual plot, once it comes to light, is highly implausible, there are a few too many turns towards the end and the climax errs towards the anti-climatic. That being said, it's well put together and entertainingly moody.

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Cynthia Fuchs Common Sense Media Dec 15, 2010 3/5

Tense but riveting thriller, best for teens+.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009

If it's post 9/11, why would they have a plane with bathrooms that lead to tunnel-sized ventilators that have access to the plane's machinery?!

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Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Jul 14, 2007 2.5/4

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Kam Williams Princeton Town Topics May 26, 2007 2/4

Following a smooth takeoff, this psychological thriller hits some turbulence and crash lands due to a preposterous, almost comical, turn of events.

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James Plath Movie Metropolis Apr 15, 2007 7/10

Foster is a master at portraying a woman in terror who's trying to balance her fears with a survival instinct that drives her to somehow prevail.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Oct 3, 2006 1.5/5

full review in Greek

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Peter T. Chattaway Christianity Today Sep 22, 2006 2/4

While I do think that Foster and the movies she makes need to lighten up, that isn't quite what I have in mind.

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Ross Anthony Hollywood Report Card Aug 31, 2006 1.5/4

The bickering back and forth between Foster and Sarsgaard becomes tiresome. And the erriness dissipates without anything as interesting to replace it.

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Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review May 12, 2006 2/5

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness May 4, 2006 C

A disposable B-movie without much excitement or ingenuity.

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Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Jan 28, 2006 1.5/4

It's not a good movie despite its stylishness and performances, but it does have a short window of appeal for reasons entirely independent of its plausibility.

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John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jan 19, 2006 3/4

Jodie Foster, the real-life mother of two young sons, follows 'Panic Room' with another thriller that allows her to physicalize her maternal instincts into action-movie heroics. (Does her experience as a child actor help explain this protective streak?)

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John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Jan 10, 2006 7/10

The movie may not soar, but it flies.

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