Jeff Beck The Blu Spot Aug 26, 2026 3.5/5

When all is said and done, Identity has basically done what it sets out to do, which is to get you entangled in its mystery and trying to guess who the culprit is (on top of how it relates to its other seemingly-unrelated plot thread).

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Frank J. Avella The Contending Aug 14, 2026 B

The film also boasts excellent perfs from Amanda Peet, Ray Liotta, John Hawkes, William Lee Scott, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Rebecca De Mornay, camping up a dreadfully selfish diva turn.

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Wendy Ide The Times (UK) Feb 12, 2024

This fanciful murder mystery builds up to a whopping twist that just about holds together when you replay what came before.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 9, 2019

Unexpected, surprising, intelligent, involved and evolving. Identity gives a 21st Century identity to the fright-flick.

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Steve Newton Georgia Straight Feb 9, 2014 2/5

My eyeballs were doing some serious rolling of their own at the general ineptitude of this failed mating of Friday the 13th and Ten Little Indians.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 24, 2010 4/5

Scary beyond belief serial killer thriller.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 24, 2007 D

A good cast is enacting this fancy rubbish; what drew them to the material besides its self-conscious cleverness is beyond me.

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Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Jul 14, 2007 2/4

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Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine) May 10, 2007 B

The cast is game, the twists are clever, the writing is tight.

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Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Aug 8, 2006 3.5/4

An ingenious thriller molded from Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None". The film's incredibly entertaining even with the measurably predictable twist.

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Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs Sep 30, 2005 2/4

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Bill Clark FromTheBalcony Jun 20, 2005 A-

With a top notch cast, wonderful direction, and a great play on an old premise, Identity is a must-see.

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Mark Collette Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) Sep 20, 2004 3/4

... every predictable move comes unraveled again with an uncanny discovery.

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Jorge Avila Andrade Moviola Jul 20, 2004 3.5/4

'Uno de los mejores thrillers realizados en los ltimos diez aos, por lo que sera un verdadero crimen perdrselo.'

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Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Jul 6, 2004 2/5

Mangold needs to feel he's wowing us instead of just entertaining us; amid the confusion, the really scary moments pass you by.

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Matt Kelemen Las Vegas CityLife Apr 5, 2004

The characters are mostly slices of a whodunit pie, and once the real revelation that spins the story around happens, there isn't much reason to care about them anymore.

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David Keyes Cinemaphile.org Jan 12, 2004 4/4

One of the most engaging experiences you will have at the movies, it is a taut and intelligent hybrid of a thriller that has as many effective ideas as a mind has brain cells.

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Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) Jan 5, 2004 3.5/4

... Identity is a rarity: a good movie made better by a twist you won't see coming.

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Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com Nov 16, 2003 3/5

a solid thriller - until it implodes. It gives you a savory first course, then rudely dumps seconds on your plate, even though you've already lost your appetite.

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Mark Robison Reno Gazette-Journal Sep 18, 2003 B

"Identity" makes for a good rainy-night rental.

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