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Scott Tobias, AV Club: In compressing the novel down to a sloppy abridgement, the film fails to capture the eerie portent of its setting. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A surprisingly effective little horror nightmare. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The Ruins is lumpish, static, and obvious. It's a gringos-go-home cautionary fright flick done in the spirit of a cheap '50s horror movie, except that it leaves you longing for the competence of grade-Z studio-system trash. Read more
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: A more than satisfactory scare fest. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: The finale of The Ruins makes the film feel like a cheap cop-out ... a claim no one would ever make about the novel. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: The usual gore-and-gristle fare, but this one serves it up with a tad more suggestiveness and smarts. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: When you've got cute young tourists, an exotic locale (well, sort of: Mexico), ancient Mayan hoodoo and surly peasants with machetes, you expect a bit more than The Ruins gives you, which is: killer plants. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: With Scott Smith's rep and a best-selling horror novel, a sexy location and solid young cast, you'd have hoped the studio would find a director with a little more than a Tommy Hilfiger commercial under his belt. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Ruins does what a good psychological horror movie should do: rely on tension rather than gore to achieve its aims. Read more
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star: Moral of the story: never visit an out-of-the-way Mexican ruin covered by vines and blood-red flowers that make a squeaking sound. Read more