A Perfect Getaway Reviews
You won’t be able to deny how engrossed you were throughout, how well Twohy keeps you guessing, or how realistic the characters feel for a time.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 4, 2023
Like most capable suspense films, the anticipation for shocks and instantaneous turns are surrounded by humor.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 29, 2020
Almost becomes too hip for its own good.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 19, 2020
The intimacy of A Perfect Getaway can be read as Twohy's response to his adventures in mega-budget moviemaking, as can its smartly self-reflexive references to the craft of storytelling itself.
Full Review | Aug 9, 2019
There's always something to be said for a psycho-thriller that delivers interesting characters in a cool setting.
Full Review | Aug 28, 2015
The film is not a total loss due to its interesting use of suspense and its tactic of placing suspicion on every character. While it's not one of the best thrillers out there, you could easily do worse.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 24, 2012
Far from a perfect film, but it is a lot of fun. In the tradition of old-fashioned thrillers, the movie has some nice twists and turns in the plot.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2012
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2011
A riveting horror-thriller that should do for hiking in Hawaii what Hostel did for backpacking in Slovakia.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2010
Twohy's script dares and succeeds in peppering the dialogue with funny insider references to Hollywood scripts and actors.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 13, 2010
Twohy lets his story's central guessing game play out with patient tautness.
Full Review | Original Score: B | Mar 1, 2010
A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are worth waiting for through an audaciously long buildup.
Full Review | Dec 18, 2009
A slight film, slight in its surprises and in its suspense, and yet not totally devoid of either.
Full Review | Dec 17, 2009
A cunning, sideways-sneaking genre piece with both the fancy to surprise audiences and the adroit filmmaking to do so
Full Review | Sep 4, 2009
It works because it's smart, knows it's smart, announces to us that it's smart - then backs off and lets the suspense and dark comedy mix.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2009
Writer-director David Twohy (Pitch Black) serves up mechanical thrills culminating in a bogus twist ending
Full Review | Aug 20, 2009
Twohy seems to think the eventual revelation is clever enough to be worth the price of admission by itself. It isn't. To give better value, he should have souped up the cartoonish violence of the final scenes.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 17, 2009
[An] effective thriller.
Full Review | Aug 17, 2009