Cop Car 2015

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times: [Cop Car features] the most evil monologue of the year. Perfectly, horribly, fantastically chilling. Read more

Wesley Morris, Grantland: As a woodland lark that darkens into a road thriller, this movie more or less works. It's simultaneously preposterous and smart. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: Scenes that should take 30 seconds take three minutes. Writer-director Jon Watts does successfully channel childhood, though: He's like a kid short of ideas who triple-spaces his book report. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: B-movie gold... Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: Watts demonstrates a sadistic patience that's refreshing, especially compared to the usual blockbuster breathlessness. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Bacon can play just about anything, and he's having a good time here as a guy not quite smart enough to keep himself out of trouble, but wily enough to try to dig himself out of it. It's fun to watch. Read more

Peter Keough, Boston Globe: With his sense of black humor and with a coldly calculating view of a world determined by intransigent laws of physics, Watts recalls the Coen brothers of "Blood Simple." Read more

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: Cop Car feels like a great short stretched into a mediocre feature. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: A potentially fun premise soon turns into no fun at all in Cop Car, a seriously imagination-challenged low-end action thriller. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: There's no denying Watts' skill at a certain kind of desolate cat and mouse, but it's in the service of what is ultimately a somewhat heartless exercise. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: What feels like an accidental mashup of two great pop styles - "Stand By the Killer Inside Me" - soon turns into a nice, grim little entertainment all its own. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News: Despite the real, bloody stakes, "Cop Car" keeps a boyish sense of action and adventure through to a twist ending. You have a right to remain thrilled. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Part of what makes "Cop Car" such easy viewing is that it doesn't ask much of you narratively or ethically. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: "Cop Car" has two kids at its center, but don't mistake this taut, wicked little thriller for a children's film. Read more

Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail: Watts walks us innocents out into the landscape where Hollywood has made its greatest myths and then removes the blindfold. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: Anchored by solid performances and a taut script, Cop Car is a tension-filled thrill ride. Read more

Steve Tilley, Toronto Sun: Despite the occasional pothole, Cop Car is an arresting ride. Read more

Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: The film soars early as a fantasy steeped in life and crashes into a drag of a crime drama, one ripped from the movies rather than anyone's idea of small-town Colorado. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: There's something mythic about the story unfolding before us, but the film avoids self-importance. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: "Cop Car" builds up a nice, suspenseful head of steam, mixing dark comedy and true creepiness in such a way that one mood never overwhelms the other. Read more