Viewers know the gotcha is coming not only because they've been groomed to expect a third-act left turn in movies like this, but because the film's characters won't stop talking about it.
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08/07/09
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:69
Rotten:49
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: While smarter than the average slasher film, A Perfect Getaway eventually devolves into a standard, predictable, excessively violent thriller.
Theatrical Release:Aug 7, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $15,483,540
Synopsis: Cliff and Cydney (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the... [More]
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth
Director: David Twohy
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Reviews for A Perfect Getaway
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.
08/16/09
Initially suspenseful and has a sexy cast and beautiful scenery that provides lots of eye candy, but the suspense and intrigue fizzle out when its "whodunit" mystery ends during the hour mark...
08/06/09
A terrific twist, but goes wasted in a movie that really runs out of steam.
08/10/09
I just don’t think there was enough drama in the first two-thirds of this movie.
08/10/09
a failure, and a highly flawed one at that.
08/06/09
That's what's so confusing about David Twohy's A Perfect Getaway as it appears to attempt to be clever and original, only it ends up being one of the most obvious thrillers I've seen in years... and the audience ate it up.
08/06/09
Prides itself on a clever twist and a few great red herrings. You know how I know? Because it actually tells us. Literally. As in, in the dialogue.
08/05/09
A cringingly self-aware, painfully verbose, and somewhat smug motion picture, Getaway is itching to keep audiences guessing, but it's far more successful at putting viewers to sleep.
08/06/09
David Twohy doesn't do much new and the twist is as obvious as a tornado in the Texas Panhandle. But that doesn't make it any less of an escapist joyride on a hot summer day.
08/07/09
Unfortunately, in Getaway, the bad things that happen include a lazy script.
08/07/09
Would someone please write a movie good enough for Timothy Olyphant? A Perfect Getaway sure isn't it.
08/07/09
After toying with us, Twohy’s reliance on standard shootings and stabbings is really rather boring.
08/05/09
Top CriticGetaway is like Bonnie and Clyde on a bad rerun of Survivor with more spins and twists than a salamander on the canopy of the Amazon rain forest -- except they're in Hawaii. Overall, a better travel commercial than a summer thriller.
08/06/09
Writer-director David Twohy (Pitch Black) serves up mechanical thrills culminating in a bogus twist ending
08/20/09
It's a childish kind of filmmaking that Alfred Hitchcock would call irresponsible.
08/07/09
For all the characters' talk of second-act surprises and red herrings, the observant will have no trouble seeing writer/director David Twohey's breadcrumb trail of hints.
08/07/09
There’s a lot of blood and little logic but the actors scream nicely.
08/17/09
For the promise it held at the onset and the foolishly inane places it opts to travel to, this is a particularly arrogant letdown, a thriller with a rancid bite.
08/06/09
You're either on board with what Twohy was trying to achieve here or not. Unfortunately, suspension of disbelief only can go so far.
08/06/09
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