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43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 4 out of 16
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  1. New York Observer
    Reviewed by: Rex Reed
    75
    The best kind of horror film, about innocent people plunged into mind-boggling circumstances beyond their control.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: James Greenberg
    70
    Frozen delivers enough thrills and gory chills to satisfy the horror film crowd, but is not written, directed or acted well enough to be a first-rate thriller.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    70
    A minimalist setup delivers maximum fright in Frozen, a nifty little chiller that balances its cold terrain with an unexpectedly warm heart.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    63
    The film moves along, in its paradoxically static way, at a pretty fair clip. I look forward to Green's follow-up.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    58
    While the actors are game, their characters are awfully generic.
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    50
    An effective, no-frills gruel-a-thon if that's your cup of Swiss Miss, and it explores such burning questions as: What happens if you're dumb enough to leave your bare hand on a metal safety bar overnight?
  7. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    50
    Frozen would get props for a novel plot, except that its storyline appears to be ski-lifted from the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode where Larry is stuck on a chairlift with an Orthodox Jewish woman who is terrified of being seen with a man after sunset.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Cliff Doerksen
    50
    A stuck chairlift just doesn't exert the same primal terror as a roiling sea, and to make up the difference, Green would need a better cast and sharper dialogue than he has here.
  9. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    40
    Better to defrost "Alive" or "The Edge" from the video icebox.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    40
    Green also can't maintain the suspension of disbelief necessary as we watch three charmlessly written characters bicker and attempt inane ideas. It's one thing to be scared with them, and quite another to feel trapped with them.
  11. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Michael Ordona
    40
    It's difficult to get into its "What would I do?" vibe, though, through so thick and transparent a barrier of contrivances.
  12. Variety
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    40
    Don't be surprised if the movie's most wince-inducing moments come not from the "disturbing images" (as the MPAA describes the sight of a leg bone sticking six inches out of one character's ski pants) but rather of the bad acting and worse dialogue.
  13. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    Relies far too much on an overdose of gore and a pack of hungry wolves to deliver its chills.
  14. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    Adam Green's Frozen explores a tiny idea exhaustively, and I mean exhaustively.
  15. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: David Hiltbrand
    25
    If you actually sit through this enervating ordeal, you'll swear that time is Frozen.
  16. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    20
    Frozen is good for five minutes of "What would you do if?" games. Then it's just stiff as a board.
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6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
  1. 1337cow
    8
    The acting wasn't amazing, sure, but i loved this movie. It was engaging and it really felt like something that could actually happen instead of the usual impossible situations like a zombie apocalypse that movies like this usually have. It's not without flaws but this wasn't exactly a giant budget Hollywood blockbuster and i think it did really well with what it had to work with. Overall I enjoyed "Frozen".… Full Review »
  2. JBM
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. The main reason I stayed with this movie was to know how the heck they could fill a whole movie with 3 idiots in a chair. What a dumb ass movie. (A) there are no wolves in New England and they almost never eat people. (b) their ski poles could have saved them lots of ways. They could have put one through the windshield of the vehicle that came by. They could have put the poles over the wires and slid down to the next pole. They could have banged on the metal with them over and over taking turns to send out a help signal. (C) they could have made a human chain from the lift with the lowest person dropping and the other two climbing back up and that person could have run for help. (D) they could have made a rope by tying their clothes together. (D) one of the boys could have gone hand over hand back to the pole with the ladder early in the evening before everything got frozen over. By the end of this movie, I was cheering for the wolves.… Full Review »
  3. NoNamer
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Lacking and unrealistic in so many ways. One of my favorite parts is how the woman falls asleep with her bare hand on the metal safety bar so they can have her gorily rip it off the next day. Pockets, anyone? Or even more annoying is the fact that none of them actually put up their hood or zipped up their jacket all the way (presumably so they can film their faces), while they get frostbite on their faces. I could literally go on and on, but I'll stop here and save you frustration and time - don't watch this movie.… Full Review »
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