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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliHorror/comedies often tread too far to one side or the other of that fine line; Tremors walks it like a tightrope.
- 75Washington PostWashington PostTremors is a delightful throwback to such '50s and '60s films as "Them," "The Deadly Mantis" and "Attacks" of both "The Giant Leeches" and "The Crab Monsters."
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrFast-moving, light-handed, assured, even witty at times, and filled with satisfying special effects, Tremors plays like a redneck "Dune." [19 Jan 1990, p.23]
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrWhile liberally dosing the action with humor, Underwood is able to preserve an undertone of genuine menace and substantial suspense. His shooting style is clean and classical, distinguished by camera movements that emphasize the line of the action without becoming conspicuous in themselves.
- 75Portland OregonianTed MaharPortland OregonianTed MaharDirected and co-written by Ron Underwood, Tremors maintains a good, steady tongue-in-cheek tone while working nicely as a suspense thriller. [22 Jan 1990, p.D5]
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleTremors gets its characters into a series of hopeless situations and then resolves these situations in unexpected ways. I tried to out-guess the movie and couldn't. The movie might be nothing more than light entertainment, but care and thinking clearly went into it. [19 Jan 1990, p.E1]
- 70Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonIt's a zippy melodrama for small-town America and small-towners at heart: well-executed kitsch for audiences that will still be amused at the notion that the bugs are getting so big, they'll drag us all down.
- 63Miami HeraldMiami HeraldIt refuses to take itself seriously. And that is its underlying strength. [19 Jan 1990, p.G9]
- 40The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyTremors wants to be funny, but it spends too much time winking at the audience. More than anything else, it looks like the sort of movie that might have been put together so that tourists visiting Universal Studios could see a movie being made.