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Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.
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Cell, The
New Line Cinema
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for bizarre violence and sexual images, nudity and language
Starring
Jennifer Lopez,
Vince Vaughn,
and
Vincent D'Onofrio
A child therapist enters the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Mark Protosevich
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Tarsem Singh
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 19, 2000
Video: December 19, 2000
Theatrical: August 18, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
107 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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...
100
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's one of the best films of the year.

83
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Something of an unforgettable experience.
75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Disturbing, visually stunning thriller.

70
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Tarsem uses the dramatically shallow plot to create a dream world densely packed with images of beauty and terror that cling to the memory even if you don't want them to.
63
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Many of the film's images will prove more than some viewers can take.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Has its effectively nasty, chilling moments -- and it also brings body piercing to new heights of ickiness.
63
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
The Cell is eye candy - but it could give your brain a bad case of indigestion.
63
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
Impresses more than it entertains.
60
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
Repetitive, aimless, and as frustrating as you'd imagine any two-hour music video to be.
60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The costumes are phenomenal, the set design ravishing and the sadistic inventiveness extraordinary.

60
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
Not nearly the mindfuck it wants to be.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The Cell is foremost about singular imagery, a succession of still pictures strung together frame by frame.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Visually impressive but exceedingly unpleasant little nail-biter.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The action is as grisly as it is surrealistic.

50
TNT RoughCut
J. Rentilly
A must-see movie, simply for its awe-inspiring production values, but you'll feel nothing but punished by Tarsem's ghoulish parade of images.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Generic variation on the overworked serial-killer genre.
50
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
A high-tech freak show, a gallery of grotesqueries that are fascinating and repellent.
50
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Mr. Singh may have an artist's temperament, and he shows signs of being a director

40
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
What makes The Cell worth viewing at all is the carefully sculpted imagery.

40
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Riveting in its low way. It traffics in imagery profoundly disturbing.

38
USA Today
Mike Clark
There's so little action or suspense that this Cell isn't too likely to multiply itself into a sequel.
30
Film.com
Gemma Files
Visually stunning but emotionally shallow.

30
Variety
Emanuel Levy
A slender story that's not particularly suspenseful or involving, resulting in a movie that's a feast to the eye but not much for the intellect.

30
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
Jennifer Lopez's butt? Alas, the moment is over all too soon; the movie, sadly, is not.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's a pleasure to watch, but I found myself wondering if having a story here even mattered to the director at all.

25
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
It's mesmerizing nonetheless for its flagrant disregard for narrative, character, pacing, performance and good lighting.

20
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Almost no plot here and even less character--just a lot of pretexts for S-M imagery, Catholic decor, gobs of gore, and the usual designer schizophrenia.

20
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
If The Cell were six minutes long it would blow your mind. At two hours, it's a disordered muddle of hellacious highs and pedestrian lows.

20
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
Disappointing only because its best moments are transcendent; its worst moments, sadly, are just so ordinary.

20
Slate
David Edelstein
Serves up some of the most gruesomely misogynistic imagery in years, then ends with a bid for understanding. Are its makers so deluded that they think they're making the world a more compassionate place?

0
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Some movies make you sorry you've seen them, and The Cell is one of those. Creepy and horrific, it's a torture chamber film.

0
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Any way you slice it, it is still pointless.


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