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.
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08/06/09
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
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Reviews Counted:116
Fresh:67
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
A Perfect Getaway, a more scenic than scary movie about a couple whose Hawaiian honeymoon goes horribly wrong, takes a long time to get where it's going.
08/06/09
David Twohy’s programmatic vacation thriller A Perfect Getaway is silly and fun and while it has its annoyingly meta moments it certainly won’t leave you bored.
08/06/09
After a promising premise, it soon disintegrates into a preposterous predator/prey tale filled with brutality, bloodshed and butchery.
08/06/09
This could have been a triumph of structure over story if only the importance of the structure had been better camouflaged.
08/06/09
Top CriticHere’s a thriller that worked for me.
08/06/09
Top CriticDoesn't succumb to gratuitous violence or forehead-smacking stupidity. That sounds like smaller praise than it is.
08/06/09
Smug? Damn, this is a self-satisfied, arrogant excuse for a film, in which the red-herringness is piled on with outrageous aplomb till there can be no doubt that Twohy is daring you to guess what's up and hoping you're not up to it, or not caring if you a
08/05/09
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
After toying with us, Twohy’s reliance on standard shootings and stabbings is really rather boring.
08/05/09
Top CriticWho's been murdering newlyweds, turning a beachy paradise into a tropical hell shared by three pretty couples? You'll probably guess, but that doesn't take away from the slicked-up genre charms of this A Perfect Getaway.
08/05/09
Top CriticThe exotic setting and characters deserve more riveting situations than this imperfect Getaway gives them.
08/05/09
Fast and twisty, A Perfect Getaway is an economical little thriller that pretty much accomplishes everything it sets out to do.
08/05/09
Top CriticHalf of the movie seems fresh and hair-raising. The rest is just disappointing and predictable. At least it provides the underrated Steve Zahn, a likable and inventive actor with natural talent, with a starring role. He makes every minute count.
08/05/09
Top CriticA bizarre but unsatisfying action thriller, the flick has a good beginning, a decent but unbelievable middle, and a last reel that's so weird and risible that the audience begins laughing out of embarrassment and disbelief at what's depicted on screen.
08/05/09
A Perfect Getaway is never great, but Twohy isn't aspiring for greatness -- he's after gritty and lively and weird. And that's good enough.
08/04/09
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