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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
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Based on 28 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Sci-fi | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Gary Goldman (also screen story)
Jonathan Hensleigh
Paul Bernbaum
Philip K. Dick (novel story The Golden Man)
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 27, 2007
DVD: September 25, 2007
Running Time: 91 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, and some language
Starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann, Tory Kittles, José Zúñiga, Jim Beaver, and Jason Butler Harner
In this sci-fi thriller, Nicholas Cage stars as a Las Vegas magician with a secret gift that is both a blessing and a curse: he has the uncanny ability to tell you what will happen next. (Revolution Studios)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Directed by Lee Tamahori with his customary flash and glitter, Next lives from one brilliantly executed chase sequence to the next, which is more than enough reason to stay the course.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Wildly ridiculous and thoroughly entertaining thriller.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
This isn't a bad movie; it's watchable but the direction in which the filmmakers choose to take it results in a vague sense of dissatisfaction.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
A watchably absurd popcorn flick about a man who can see two minutes into the future.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Tamahori attempts to cover the ludicrousness of the story with a wickedly fast pace and sensational action set pieces. And in a film more than an hour and half long, events do whiz by.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
Next begins to seriously embarrass itself and its stars -- except for Biel, surprisingly, who manages to escape with a shred of dignity, possibly because her role requires little beyond looking gorgeous -- once it rolls to its climax.
Read Full Review >Variety Justin Chang
What starts out as a mildly diverting thriller blows itself to smithereens in the final reel.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It starts exploring different facets of its premise and transforms itself into a fairly competent suspense thriller. That's enough to make it respectable, but a few things keep Next from being lovable or memorable.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Ultimately, Next is just the next Nic Cage vehicle, another quirky story that allows him to do his patented neurotic balancing act in an askew world. The problem here is not just that Cage's shtick is wearing as thin as his hair; the role is a bad fit.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
It's noisy, nonsensical, and will fade from your consciousness even before you make it out of the theater lobby, but it's entertaining enough, and Tamahori throws us a few curve balls to keep things interesting.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Next bears some resemblance to another Dick adaptation, "Minority Report," about "pre-cogs" who can anticipate murders before they happen, but it doesn't really bother exploring the moral or emotional implications of Cage's power.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
In Next, a crummy action and speculative-fiction hybrid, Nicolas Cage plays a guy who can see into the future two minutes at a time. It's too bad that Mr. Cage couldn't tap into those same powers of divination to save himself from making yet another inexplicably bad choice in roles.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano
For an action thriller based on a Dick story, Next is peculiarly low-tech and hokey.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Despite an outlandish premise, Next suffers from being too conventional.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Next is clearly an attempt at a puzzle movie, one of those brainteaser pictures that lures viewers into another dimension, but it doesn't have the momentum, the quick-wittedness, to keep us wondering what's going to happen next.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
This implausible action thriller also stars Julianne Moore as an FBI agent who sees Cage's two-bit Vegas act and decides he can single-handedly save the world.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Next, which makes "National Treasure" look like a model of narrative logic, is almost beyond criticism.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
This pseudo-Phildickian actioner is chum for the bigger fish to come this summer; for Moore, it's a slummer.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
When the story finally collapses in a heap at the end, you'll probably want your money back, but that's where the title comes in: "Next!"
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
An immediately forgettable action pic directed with a blowtorch by Lee Tamahori.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
As a thriller, Next goes a certain distance on Cage's sad-sack charm and sense of humor, but it does nothing with its intriguing premise, and it's mostly just one more tedious and progressively dumb collection of Hollywood action clichés.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.1 (out of 10) based on 28 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Razvy T. gave it an8:
Good movie, very, very entertaining. Recommended for those who like action movies.
Dan H. gave it a9:
The critics, some of you people, are crazy. This move was crazy! Very imaginative and original. It was put together well, had you on the edge of your seat, everything a good movie needs. I can't believe people are dumb enough to mention how unrealistic it is and all this crap. Wake up call, movies are meant to take you "out of the box". If you want to see realism, stick to documentaries! See this movie, and be puzzled as hell by the stupid things people have said about it. It's crazy awesome, bottom line! The only reason I gave it a 9 and not a 10 is because I wanted to see more, but it ended. Great movie!
Rainer S. gave it a7:
Good entertainment! It's not that easy to make purely entertaining popcorn cinema, and I think they did well with this film! What's wrong with cliché in this genre -- if it's cleverly twisted and not just the 100th repetition. I get easily bored with long action sequences but not in this case because they are quite original. Cage's trademark melancholy character works very well in contrast to the otherwise straightly plotted story. However, if you are looking for realism or deep psychological insight (as I do most of the time), maybe you'd rather look someplace else? With regard to this, many of the negative reviewers just miss the point, because they demand things the film never promised. I enjoyed this film from start to end.
Spongeee gave it a1:
15 mins into the film, I wanted somebody to look into the future and tell me how the movie ends because it was horrible!
Roger D. gave it a1:
Perhaps the worst movie of the year. Even if you buy the premise that a man can see two minutes into the future, the events in the movie are hard to believe. This is also the classic movie where the computer is constantly the "magic bullet." Whenever there is an obstacle or a problem, somehow a computer process can fix it!
Daryl L. gave it a6:
Not a great movie by any means in fact silly is probably the best adjective to describe it. Acting from the lead actor(s) is poor to say the least, feeling as though they couldn't even bring themselves to believe what they were doing. On a more positive note Jessica Biel does her job of looking stunning very well. On the whole an average movie, the whole idea of seeing into the future does make viewing fun at times but unfortunately its unlikely you will remember it in a weeks time.
Nic C. gave it a10:
Ignore what those loser critics have to say. I'd like to see them do better! The story is great and the action is rockin but it all comes together due to a fantastic performance by the supertalented Cage.
