The Crazies (2010)

All Critics (149) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (111) | Rotten (43) | DVD (11)

[A] respectable update.

January 3, 2011 Full Review

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

While it loses the charm of Romero's low-budget clunkiness, it is in all other regards superior.

January 3, 2011 Full Review

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

The incoherence is made all the more disappointing because Eisner displays a great deal of raw talent for the genre's tone and set pieces.

July 4, 2010 Full Review | Comments (4)

Ian Buckwalter

NPR

Top Critic

Unlike Romero's film, what's missing is a trenchant sense of connection to our historical moment.

March 3, 2010 Full Review

Keith Uhlich

Time Out New York

Top Critic

It's kind of crazy, but it's also pretty smart. And if your nervous system can stand it, you should see it.

March 1, 2010 Full Review

A.O. Scott

At the Movies

Top Critic

The blood is certainly convincing these days, but it generally flows only in the safest and most inoffensive, uncontroversial directions.

February 26, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Activism-minded moviegoers will welcome the second coming of Romero's cautionary tale, but they'll have to sit through one hell of a nasty pitchfork scene to get the message.

February 15, 2013 Full Review

Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

Some genuinely scary scenes aren't enough to save this tired and unnecessary remake.

October 30, 2012 Full Review

John Hanlon

Big Hollywood

If you haven't seen that many horror films, you might find it thrilling, but for those of you who are familiar with the genre you will most likely find yourself bored, and wishing for something more original.

October 1, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

Don't be afraid of the horror remake stigma here; be afraid of The Crazies' constant, electric hum of dread.

February 10, 2012 Full Review

John Gholson

Cinematical

Without giving a lot away, you'll be creeped a handful of times.

April 4, 2011 Full Review

Dave White

Movies.com

It doesn't stray that far from its conventional horror roots but what it does, it does ... adequately. Which, if we're honest, is a lot more than you expect out of something called The Crazies.

March 18, 2011 Full Review

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Without any palpable sense of terror or political subtext, the film is analogous to its not-exactly-zombie townsfolk who stagger about purposefully but blankly.

March 9, 2011 Full Review

Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Possibly worth watching for a bit of a laugh if you're a fan of Romero, or horror generally, but it's nothing that'll be remembered for long after you leave the theatre.

February 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Mike Edwards

What Culture

A goofy but entertaining and creepy horror film...

October 23, 2010 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

This remake may have more choppers and exploding cars than George Romero could afford, but it also shares some of his fiendish ingenuity.

July 16, 2010 Full Review

Ian Berriman

SFX Magazine

Remake of the George Romero film features Timothy Olyphant as the sheriff of a peaceful small town where things begin to go horribly awry. Meh.

July 3, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A fairly slickly made mid-level thriller of tickled paranoia, elevated by the emotional investment of all of its principal players.

July 2, 2010 Full Review

Brent Simon

Shared Darkness

Excellent performances, a smart script, and direction from Eisner that understands both the terror and the absurdity of the situation makes for a horror film that works on every level

July 2, 2010 Full Review

Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

George A. Romero has disowned this film, but has he even seen it? In style and gravitas, Breck Eisner's stylishly heart-pounding vision walks circles around Survival of the Dead.

June 21, 2010 Full Review

Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

A lunatic epidemic yarn that impressively delivers murder with a message, a homicidal car wash, a steakhouse with human barbecue, mass extermination just in case, and local shrinks in short supply. Off meds with George Romero, pass the strait jacket.

June 19, 2010 Full Review

Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

I recommend the film by itself, but what really pushes it over the edge from renting to buying is the wealth of info in the DVD extras.

June 14, 2010 Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com

• 1. Becca: It's gonna be allright. We're going to be okay.
  2. Becca: You really believe that, do you.
  – Submitted by Erik M (3 months ago)
• 1. Russell: Uhh sherrif I'm all for a little civil disobedience, but I think this one might cost you your job!
  2. David Dutten: You know what Rus, that wouldn't be such a bad thing!
  – Submitted by Yannieck W (13 months ago)
• 1. Russell: I saw movement!
  2. David Dutten: Everything is fucking moving!
  – Submitted by Alex D (14 months ago)
• 1. Becca: Please, just go away. Please!
  2. Judy Dutten: NO!
  3. David Dutten: Here's the deal.
  – Submitted by Nick P (22 months ago)
• 1. Russell: Boo-fucking-yah.
  – Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)
• 1. David Dutten: Don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can.
  – Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)

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