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The Return

Overview

Genre :

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Date :

November 10, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Asif Kapadia

Starring :

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kate Beahan, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Sam Shepard, Katherine Willis, Johnny Bartee, Alicia Rachel Marek

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2 of 5

“..[its] premise is relatively intriguing, but it never gets off the ground properly..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..universally fails to establish any sense of reality..”
by Sam Adams [Los Angeles Times]
1.5 of 4

“..stretches its one idea out for a far too long 85 minutes..”
by Ty Burr [Chicago Tribune]
1 of 5

“..just a murder mystery with a few supernatural elements that really have very little point to being there..”
by Rafe Telsch [Cinema Blend]
3 of 5

“..an otherwise tightly plotted film..”
by Annlee Ellingson [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 4

“..a visually sumptuous but emotionally stillborn thriller..”
by Jim Hemphill [Reel]
1 of 4

“..a straightforward ghost story whose nonsensicality-unlike most J-horror thrillers-doesn't seem to be intentional..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Gregory Kirschling [Entertainment Weekly]
Reviewed by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter]

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