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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterWhile the director, Peter Askin, employs an all-too-customary suspense arsenal (vertiginous stairway perspectives, foreboding thunderstorms, ominous headlights), Mr. King’s script offers a wealth of behavioral details.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSeasoned pros Allen and LaPaglia are terrific as longtime mates forged together in an unexpected game of cat and mouse.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenIt could have used far more of King's mordant humor, which might have imbued the metaphorical autumnal proceedings with a much-needed jolt of pop anarchy, or even pathos.
- 50Village VoicePete Vonder HaarVillage VoicePete Vonder HaarIt's serviceable.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDespite the author’s scripting and the fine central performances by Joan Allen and Anthony LaPaglia, this low-key effort directed by Peter Askin fails to fulfill the potential of its provocative premise.
- 40The DissolveNoel MurrayThe DissolveNoel MurrayA Good Marriage comes off as curiously flat for a movie about a woman who sleeps next to a murderer every night.
- 38RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFlat is the kindest way to describe A Good Marriage, a King novella turned feature that could have worked as a short or an episode of “Masters of Horror” but truly tests viewer patience at 102 minutes. It’s arguably the dullest King film yet, despite solid work by LaPaglia to save it and a decent set-up that goes absolutely nowhere.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis one has a screenplay by Stephen King, adapting his own short story. Unfortunately, that can’t save this low-budget thriller.