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Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: [It has] enough plot contrivances and twisted, twinned destinies for any old movie, though not necessarily a good one. Read more
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: Despite a super-dark noir plot and respectable cast, "Deadfall" is a thriller that never quite delivers on its promise. Read more
Kathleen Murphy, MSN Movies: 'Deadfall' deftly transforms the climactic moments ... therapeutic for some, devastating for others. It's a beautiful thing. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: "Deadfall" brings to mind those dark, old-fashioned entertainments in rotation on Turner Classic Movies that suck you in with their genre machinery, sullen beauties and despair. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: The camera work is as beautiful as it is terrifying, with Quebec standing in for northern Michigan in the dead of winter. And the performances are resourceful, superbly etched and expertly nuanced. Read more
Soren Anderson, Seattle Times: It's sort of like "Fargo," only with a higher body count and without the wood chipper. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: Bana and Wilde sport bad Southern accents and deliver overly mannered dialogue while dropping hints about their abusive childhood. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: An A-list cast fights a B-movie script and goes down hard in "Deadfall," a wintry suspense melodrama that's not quite awful enough to be any fun. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: There isn't much to the characters in this morose thriller. Read more
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: Deadfall is slicker and more compelling than its overdetermined script has any right to expect. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: At times it is riveting stuff and at times ridiculous. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: This is the sort of movie best encountered accidentally and for free, caught on basic cable late at night. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Watching this violent potboiler is like observing a thief knock off a convenience store, then seeing him lock his keys in the car. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: There's nothing you haven't seen before - and better - in "Deadfall," which would seem to appeal mostly to fans of snowmobile chases. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Deadfall is fast and fatalistic ... Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The most disappointing aspect of Deadfall is its conventionality. For a thriller, it's light on surprises. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: [An] atmospheric, suspenseful, snowbound crime thriller with a creepy, sexy undertow ... Read more
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Perhaps the best thing about "Deadfall" is the lifelike messiness of its ending. A couple of the characters have a lot of explaining to do, and this is one case where a sequel might be in order. Read more
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail: Dean and Ruzowitzky want both inexorably tightening plot and keen psychology here, and they can't always have it both ways. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Looks great but sacrifices much in its charge towards a final showdown that's been telegraphed from the early going. Read more
Nigel Floyd, Time Out: Like all over-ambitious B-movies, this features solid performances by a mix of seasoned talent and promising young actors, all of whom deserve better. Read more
Sam Adams, Time Out: Ruzowitzky may be an occasionally interesting visual stylist, but storytelling-wise, his second English-language effort couldn't be more stillborn. Read more
Simon Abrams, Village Voice: Deadfall just isn't manic enough to be memorable. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: A genre characterized by often grisly violence, high style and a distinctly nihilistic outlook. Read more