The Tall Man 2012

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: "The Tall Man" opens like a ghost story and closes with its feet firmly in the real world. Until then, Pascal Laugier's chilly little thriller manhandles our sympathies and gladdens our eyes in almost equal measure. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: It's novel, thought-provoking, and defiant of genre expectations. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: I like to imagine the pitch meeting for "The Tall Man" as something like this: "It will be like 'Twin Peaks,' only absolutely terrible on every level." Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: Long on atmosphere and short on sense, "The Tall Man" becomes less gripping as it grows more ridiculous. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: If you're a parent who ever, for one cold-sweat second, lost sight of your child at a playground - "The Tall Man" will tap into your darkest fears. And then make them even darker. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: The movie itself draws on too long, and eventually goes past at least two potential endings and heads right into the ridiculous. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: "The Tall Man" spits out enough scares and twists to maintain our interest, but the film's psycho-sociological layer is almost as cheesy and unconvincing as its low-rent action scenes. Read more

Chris Packham, Village Voice: Once you get through the flaming, Bowser's Castle-like gauntlet of the rest of the story's implausibilities, you end up in a different movie than the one on the creepy poster. Read more