A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 133
Fresh: 80 | Rotten: 53
While smarter than the average slasher film, A Perfect Getaway eventually devolves into a standard, predictable, excessively violent thriller.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 15
While smarter than the average slasher film, A Perfect Getaway eventually devolves into a standard, predictable, excessively violent thriller.
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Honeymooning newlyweds Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich) are hiking an 11-mile trail in Hawaii when they cross paths will ex-military man Nick (Timothy Olyphant), who earns their trust by helping them navigate a particularly treacherous mountain cliff. A few yards later, the trio runs into a group of girls whose parents are begging them to return home following reports that a honeymooning couple has been murdered on one of the other islands. The suspects in the killings are a young
Aug 7, 2009 Wide
Dec 29, 2009
$15.5M
Universal Pictures
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Cast
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Timothy Olyphant
Nick -
Steve Zahn
Cliff -
Milla Jovovich
Cydney -
Kiele Sanchez
Gina -
Marley Shelton
Cleo -
Chris Hemsworth
Kale -
Anthony Ruivivar
Chronic -
Dale Dickey
Earth Momma -
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo
Supply Guy -
Wendy Braun
Debbie Mason/Clerk -
Angela Sun
Counter Girl -
Leandra Gillis
TV Anchor -
Amit Yogev
Waiter -
Carlos Alberto López
Camera Samaritan -
Katie Chonacas
KC Girl #1 -
Natalie Garza
KC Girl #2 -
Lindsay Halladay
KC Girl #3 -
Mercedes Leggett
Katie Nakamura -
Leif Riddell
Perimeter Cop -
Matt Birman
Trekker -
Tory Kittles
Sherman/Kayaker -
Brandon Olive
Rick/Kayaker -
Holt McCallany
Police Lieutenant -
Isaac Santiago
Police Shooter -
Gugun Deep Singh
Woody -
Ryan Gesell
Groom -
Evelyn Lopez
Bride -
Katelin Henke
Cydney's Sister
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All Critics (133) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (82) | Rotten (53) | DVD (6)
A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are worth waiting for through an audaciously long buildup.
Writer-director David Twohy (Pitch Black) serves up mechanical thrills culminating in a bogus twist ending
A Perfect Getaway is a little better -- well, a little stranger -- than most of the disposables this summer.
David Twohy's taut, palm-sweating thriller has two things going for it: it keeps you guessing and it doesn't insult your intelligence.
The aesthetic is closer to a grand finale of Survivor than anything else, and while all the actors do scrappy work, they don't have much psychology to play with -- unlike a fun, class-conscious wilderness tale like The Edge.
I just don't think there was enough drama in the first two-thirds of this movie.
The film is not a total loss due to its interesting use of suspense and its tactic of placing suspicion on every character. While it's not one of the best thrillers out there, you could easily do worse.
Far from a perfect film, but it is a lot of fun. In the tradition of old-fashioned thrillers, the movie has some nice twists and turns in the plot.
A riveting horror-thriller that should do for hiking in Hawaii what Hostel did for backpacking in Slovakia.
Twohy's script dares and succeeds in peppering the dialogue with funny insider references to Hollywood scripts and actors.
Twohy lets his story's central guessing game play out with patient tautness.
A slight film, slight in its surprises and in its suspense, and yet not totally devoid of either.
A cunning, sideways-sneaking genre piece with both the fancy to surprise audiences and the adroit filmmaking to do so
It works because it's smart, knows it's smart, announces to us that it's smart - then backs off and lets the suspense and dark comedy mix.
Twohy seems to think the eventual revelation is clever enough to be worth the price of admission by itself. It isn't. To give better value, he should have souped up the cartoonish violence of the final scenes.
[An] effective thriller.
There's a lot of blood and little logic but the actors scream nicely.
The set up is so good that it pains me to say that the last half hour falls apart. Once things are revealed, it becomes too silly.
I changed my mind about this movie three times.
A structurally solid B-movie, marked by smart casting and carefully modulated performances, that delivers high on the popcorn-munching entertainment scale.
Audience Reviews for A Perfect Getaway
Super Reviewer
It?s a perfect Friday beer and curry night in, that?s pretty much it.
Super Reviewer
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- Cliff: So.. they're like... a couple?
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- Gina: He's really hard to kill.
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- Cydney: It's amazing how much people talk about themselves when their on vacation, talk to people they only just met.
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- Cliff: We're not really hunting goats here, are we?
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- Cliff: Nothing bad ever happens in Hawaii, right?
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