Mirrors 2008

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A minor chiller and major downer from the talented Alexandre Aja. Read more

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: Alexandre Aja keeps the suspense tight for most of the movie, only to fritter it away in an overblown ending. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: [Aja's] pedal-to-the-metal intensity only serves to heighten the film's fundamental ridiculousness. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: At nearly two hours, Mirrors is overlong for a summer horror toss-off, and the movie's three or four false endings make it seem even more of a haul. Read more

Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: Audiences won't be crazy about what they see in these Mirrors. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: An empty enterprise that provides a few moments of goofy fun, Mirrors reflects back nothing. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The director, Alexandre Aja, knows how to reflect the fear in people's heads, but he gets too ensnared in a backstory that's just gothic business as usual. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Alexandre Aja's inability to delineate credible or interesting characters results in 110 wasted minutes for anyone unfortunate to wander into an auditorium where this is playing. Read more

Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail: Mirrors is too lugubrious and misconceived to reflect the talent of those involved. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: How could horror be so dull? Read more

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Nigel Floyd, Time Out: This is without question the dumbest horror movie of recent years. There is simply no way to piece together its fractured shards. Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: Mirrors reflects little beyond Splat Pack auteur Alexandre Aja's desire to push his genre into less punishing and more profitable territory. Read more