43
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergThe Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergFrozen 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.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe film moves along, in its paradoxically static way, at a pretty fair clip. I look forward to Green's follow-up.
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWhile the actors are game, their characters are awfully generic.
- 50Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderA 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.
- 50Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrAn 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?
- 40VarietyVarietyDon'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.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceGreen 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.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfBetter to defrost "Alive" or "The Edge" from the video icebox.
- It's difficult to get into its "What would I do?" vibe, though, through so thick and transparent a barrier of contrivances.
- 30Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAdam Green's Frozen explores a tiny idea exhaustively, and I mean exhaustively.