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The Crazies (2010)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 145
Fresh: 104 | Rotten: 41

Tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent, The Crazies is a horror remake that, unusually, works.

50

Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 16

Tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent, The Crazies is a horror remake that, unusually, works.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 193,115

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Movie Info

Sahara director Breck Eisner teams with screenwriters Ray Wright (Pulse) and Scott Kosar (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) to give George A. Romero's underrated 1973 shocker a shiny new makeover in this update starring Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell. Perform a Google search on "small-town America," and eventually you'll stumble across Ogden Marsh, a picturesque hamlet situated a safe distance from the nearest big city, and full of friendly faces. The citizens of Ogden Marsh are happy, albeit

R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ray Wright, Scott Kosar

Jun 29, 2010

$38.2M

Overture Films

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Critic Reviews for The Crazies

All Critics (146) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (110) | Rotten (41) | DVD (11)

[A] respectable update.

January 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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While it loses the charm of Romero's low-budget clunkiness, it is in all other regards superior.

January 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
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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 Source: NPR | Comments (4)
Ian Buckwalter
NPR
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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 Source: At the Movies | Comment
A.O. Scott
At the Movies
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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 Source: Globe and Mail | Comment (1)
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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It devolves to simple run-and-hide cliches, usually accompanied by jarring musical jolts.

February 26, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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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 Source: Cinematical | Comment
John Gholson
Cinematical

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

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com | Comment
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 Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
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 Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | Comment
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 Source: What Culture | Comment (1)
Mike Edwards
What Culture

A goofy but entertaining and creepy horror film...

October 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
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 Source: SFX Magazine | Comment
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 Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Comment (1)
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 Source: Shared Darkness | Comment
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 Source: Killer Movie Reviews | Comment
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 Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
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 Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
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 Source: Horror.com | Comment
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com

"A more direct shot of scares, gussied up with overtly slick filmmaking that spends more time on technical challenges than it does lacing together a consistently nail-biting motion picture."

June 2, 2010 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | Comment
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

Acted and executed competently enough, but doesn't take the premise anywhere fresh.

May 8, 2010 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Able diversion that never quite transcends the mechanics of its genre trappings.

March 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comment
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth
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Enjoyed it throughout decent movie pretty obvious what would happen but not bad. Now i have to go back and watch the original, I hear its much different. Even the overall theme is different in the original than this one. Putting in my q now. Was not a bad movie. I really like timothy Olyphant. He needs to get more

March 5, 2010
jmanard52
John Manard

Super Reviewer

"THAT SHI CRAY." That was my response after watching "The Crazies". The crazies in the movie are CRAY. It's not the usual mindless zombies that we're used to; these guys are smart, use tools, communicate, and set traps. As you can imagine, you don't wanna run into these guys. There's one scene in particular that works

October 27, 2011
Albert Kim
Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

The Crazies Quotes

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    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 (30 days ago)
    1. Russell: I saw movement!
    2. David Dutten: Everything is fucking moving!
    – Submitted by Alex D (2 months ago)
    1. Becca: Please, just go away. Please!
    2. Judy Dutten: NO!
    3. David Dutten: Here's the deal.
    – Submitted by Nick P (10 months ago)
    1. Russell: Boo-fucking-yah.
    – Submitted by rob g (13 months 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 (13 months ago)

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