Case 39 2009

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: By the time the killings start, it's clear that Ray Wright's screenplay is more interested in following formula than in breaking new ground. Read more

Nick Schager, Time Out: From a bevy of cheesy jolt scares (alarm clock! barking dog!) to the embarrassing sight of Zellweger and Ian McShane treating this Orphan-style B-movie silliness with grave seriousness, the film proves to be one hokey-horror riot. Read more

Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National: This is a nasty and morally repulsive film. Read more

Ethan Gilsdorf, Boston Globe: It's a bummer when the audience is smarter than the protagonist. Read more

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: An aggressively inept demon-seed chiller starring a bunch of grown-ups who should've known better. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: The devil made them do it, but that doesn't mean you have to see it. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: [Plays] like one more piece of multiplex in-box clutter, ready for the circular file in our moviegoing consciousness. Read more

Nigel Floyd, Time Out: This is horror hokum of the cheesiest kind. Rent 'Orphan' instead. Read more

Jordan Mintzer, Variety: This ludicrous outing from helmer Christian Alvart and scribe Ray Wright takes its psycho-satanic babble much too seriously, and should elicit more laughs than frights. Read more