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42 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    70
    A pretty skillfully handled domestic thriller about a criminal activity that, while always upsetting, is especially noxious now due to the too many recent tragic and highly publicized instances of it.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    63
    A tightly drawn, propulsive thriller with some pleasingly unexpected kinks in the tale and a couple of believable performances from Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon in the leads.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    50
    Splashes its drama all over the screen, subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured, but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    50
    Trapped does have a fine ensemble of actors and, except for what may be the most outrageously idiotic and improbable ending in a few years, is not that bad a movie.
  5. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Rick Kisonak
    50
    The first half of Luis (Angel Eyes) Mandoki's new thriller is as whiteknuckle, nerve-wracking as they come. The second is such a mishmash of overblown action and gaping plotholes, it's hard to believe it's the work of the same director.
  6. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    50
    Mandoki's a pro, but a juiceless one, with only enough energy to reach the finish line, which becomes the viewer's goal as well.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    50
    Luis Mandoki's brisk hack job pushes no more buttons than Connie Chung Tonight -- though, for better or worse, it's perverse enough to stage the traumatic event as a spouse swap.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    Pointless little kidnapping thriller.
  9. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Gregory Weinkauf
    50
    Another disposable kidnapping thriller.
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  10. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    50
    By the time the high-octane ending arrived I didn't even care what happened to the kid.
  11. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    42
    The most frightening sight, though, is that of Theron and Bacon, good actors trapped in the muck of making a living.
  12. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    Bacon makes an appropriately detestable villain; unfortunately, he's the most interesting character here. As for Love, well, this puts her one career rung closer to ''Hollywood Squares.''
  13. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    38
    There is no pleasure in watching a child suffer. Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame. Watching Trapped simply makes us feel guilty.
  14. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    30
    Not the kind of unwatchable mess you might assume a film withheld from reviewers' scrutiny would be. It is, however, something equally unfortunate: a mess you'd rather not be watching.
  15. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    20
    A tone of lurid idiocy permeates Trapped, a Z-grade woman-in-peril thriller starring scenery-chewing Kevin Bacon.
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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. RegOz
    7
    Truly like the movie! Kevin Bacon is, as always, brilliant! Dakota Fanning was outstanding, and Charlize Theron was good too! Not great, but a good movie! I movie everybody can enjoy!… Full Review »
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