Sometimes, typecasting works: Holmes and Bratt settle comfortably into their roles, and the movie proves a competently made, mildly diverting collegiate thriller -- at least until its all-too-predictable ''twist'' ending.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
A moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the way, and then our hands close on air. If you walk out before the ending, you'll think it's better than it is.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ed Park
Hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman's breakdown, the film nevertheless works up a few scares, particularly a tense call-number hunt in the library stacks.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
A thriller wrapped in heavy-duty gauze to muffle the chills.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
With the flat characters and lifeless performances, it's a wonder that anyone in the audience can stay awake all the way through this dull and dreary production.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Holmes, of Dawson's Creek, will be up the creek if she can't avoid movies like this. And so will you if you see it.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Abandon is this CLOSE to being good, juicy, bad-movie fun.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
This alleged thriller, which might be described as "'Gaslight' Goes to College," is one of the most incoherent features in recent memory.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Crossing "A Beautiful Mind" with "Sex Kittens Go to College," first-time director Stephen Gaghan (he wrote Traffic) causes a head-on collision.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
A trite psychological thriller -- all buildup and no payoff, a mystery that essentially offers only two alternative solutions, which diminishes the element of surprise and strings the viewer along way past caring which possibility proves to be true.Read Full Review »
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