It's increasingly hard to work up a fright on the screen these days, but even if The Cave doesn't exactly terrify, it's fun and looks great.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: R. Emmet Sweeney
Spare and single-minded, The Cave is an insistently entertaining piece of pulp.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Chris Hewitt
It's not original, but unlike some of this summer's movies (such as The Island and Stealth), The Cave knows its place. Its job is to deliver a few jolty thrills and a couple of laughs and wrap things up before it starts to get too dumb.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Scott Brown
Sci-fi horror aficionados, however, might want to look elsewhere for their scares, as they're unlikely to find any here. Fright-wise, The Cave is a dry hole.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
The screenplay is thin, the dialogue lacks nuance and the acting is often laughable.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
It's ultimately just a rigorous personal training film made by people who don't seem to like movies or the people who go to them.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Laura Kern
Not only is the film dreadfully dull: every time something potentially exciting does occur, the scenes are so muddled and chaotic that it is impossible to make out what is happening.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Teresa Wiltz
The Cave isn't just a bad movie, it's a very, very, very bad movie, so bad that it can't even redeem itself by turning into high camp.Read Full Review »