Them! (1954)

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (0) | DVD (21)

This science-fiction shocker has a well-plotted story [by George Worthington Yates, adapted by Russell Hughes], expertly directed and acted in a matter-of-fact style.

May 29, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Variety

Top Critic

Definitely a chiller.

October 31, 2006 Full Review | Comment

A.H. Weiler

New York Times

Top Critic

Decently budgeted and atmospheric, it's a sober accomplishment in a cycle that would quickly turn to self-parody.

January 1, 2000 Full Review | Comment

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Smart and idiosyncratic, with enough climaxes for two movies.

October 2, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Rob Humanick

Suite101.com

...while the ant constructions are understandably less sophisticated than what Hollywood can conjure up today, they're effectively menacing in their awkward, lumbering way.

February 1, 2010 Full Review | Comment

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

It isn't all that bad, except when the ants themselves show up.

November 6, 2007 Full Review | Comment

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

This is first-rate pulp.

September 24, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Film4

Them! was Warner Brothers' highest grossing film of 1954 and inspired countless imitations, all of which were inferior to the original.

May 29, 2007 Full Review | Comment

TV Guide's Movie Guide

By far the best of the '50s cycle of 'creature features.'

June 24, 2006 Full Review | Comment

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Who doesn't love a giant ant movie? Who?

October 2, 2005 Full Review | Comment

Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Sci-fi shocker is surprisingly timely

May 31, 2005 Comment

Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

• 1. Robert Graham: Pat, if these monsters got started as a result of the first atomic bomb in 1945, what about all the others that have been exploded since then?
  2. Dr. Patricia Medford: I don't know.
  3. Dr. Harold Medford: Nobody knows, Robert. When Man entered the atomic age, he opened a door into a new world. What will he eventually find in that world, nobody can predict.
  – Submitted by Travis L (6 months ago)
• 1. Jensen: Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze! Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze!
  – Submitted by Travis L (6 months ago)
• 1. Robert Graham: And I thought today was the end of them.
  2. Dr. Harold Medford: No. We haven't seen the end of them. We've only had a close view of the beginning of what may be the end of us.
  – Submitted by Travis L (6 months ago)
• 1. Dr. Harold Medford: We may be witnesses to a Biblical prophecy come true - 'And there shall be destruction and darkness come upon creation and the beast shall reign over the earth.'
  – Submitted by Travis L (6 months ago)
• 1. Coroner Putnam: Well, Old Man Johnson could've died in any one of five ways. His neck and back were broken, his chest was crushed, his skull was fractured, and here's one for Sherlock Holmes. There was enough formic acid in him to kill twenty men.
  – Submitted by Travis L (6 months ago)