Anderson uses snowy locations to impose a chilly menace on the characters, and the script ratchets the tension at a sneakily measured pace.
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09/26/08
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Reviews Counted: 61
Fresh: 56
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Theatrical Release: Jul 18, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $1,590,791
Synopsis: Brad Anderson is a quintessentially independent film director known for his attention to character psychology and the details and nuance of place, traits that make the superbly crafted thriller Transsiberian an uncommonly absorbing... [More]
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann
Director: Brad Anderson
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Transsiberian has more twists and turns in it than the real-life, extensive train route that gives this independently produced suspense-thriller its name.
09/18/08
The limitations of its human characters aside, the movie has a terrific feel for the chilly, remote, attentively portrayed character of its environment.
09/18/08
This is a slow, deliberate and carefully thought out piece for adults who like to savour rather than devour their thrills
09/11/08
Paranoia is right on track in this sinister, trapped-on-a-train thriller.
09/11/08
Takes a more cerebral route, toying with your expectations only to give you something else, whispering hints of what fate might have in store for the characters after the credits roll.
09/11/08
This diverting effort from writer/director Brad Anderson is a generally satisfying fish-out-of-water thriller in which two squeaky-clean Americans find themselves caught up in a web of death, drugs and disappearances.
09/05/08
Doesn't deserve a place among the classic train thrillers, but it offers enough cinematic amenities to be worth booking passage. And you won't need a sleeping compartment.
09/01/08
Transsiberian is a model of audience manipulation, a slow-fuse thriller that builds its suspense gradually, in increments, until it has becomes close to unbearable. Then it pushes things just a little further, until you're squirming in your seat.
08/29/08
This is not to say that Transsiberian is wall-to-wall dread. Once it gets going...it delivers enough electricity to keep us right near, if not completely on, the edge of our seats.
08/29/08
Writer/director Brad Anderson gives us an artful, shifty-eyed take on human strengths and weakness; his film delivers the pleasure of a conventional tale well told, with clever twists and complex characters.
08/28/08
Top Critic Transsiberian is a paranoid, chilling train trek that borrows freely from the best Hitchcock pictures to give us that rare adult summer thriller -- 'adult' as in not based on a comic book or video game.
08/28/08
Some might think this film is unbelievable, and they're right. But, Hitchcock films aren't either. They're just fun rollercoaster rides, so check your brain at the door and have a blast.
08/24/08
... it's a little sloppy and full of convenient coincidences, but at its best roils with edgy character tensions.
08/21/08
A morally complex if plot-wobbly thriller set on the Trans-Siberian Express as it rockets (well, creaks and groans) through snowy forests and forgotten towns.
08/21/08
Top Critic It takes its sweet time, but Transsiberian is a frosty, gripping ride on the terror train. It maintains the generous beat, giving audiences a nice jolt of xenophobia to go with their helping of traditional thrills.
08/21/08
The combination of good directing, writing, acting and film-craft make for a dramatic thriller (or dramatic thriller, if you want) that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
08/17/08
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