Déjà Vu (2006)

All Critics (161) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (72) | DVD (29)

Take away a couple of neatly staged action sequences and you're left with a callously measured slab of US jingoism that deals with the most horrific human tragedies in the most lunk-headed and insulting way possible.

December 30, 2006 Full Review

David Jenkins

Time Out

Top Critic

I felt cheated.

December 4, 2006 | Comments (3)

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

Nobody looks cooler walking in slow motion through a crime scene while wearing sunglasses than Denzel Washington -- but even the great Denzel can't save Déjà Vu.

November 27, 2006 Full Review

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

The fleetingly satisfying Déjà Vu is ultimately a self-fulfilling prophecy.

November 24, 2006 Full Review | Comment (1)

Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Pretty dazzling, as action adventures go, even when it's wildly, almost defiantly, implausible.

November 23, 2006 Full Review

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

The movie manages the singular feat of placing a science-fiction premise in a realistic setting, only to render that premise even more far-fetched than it would have seemed otherwise.

November 23, 2006 Full Review

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Déjà Vu is a gimmick picture, pure and simple. It tries hard to graft an emotional story of lost chances onto the gimmick, but ultimately the gimmick wins out.

March 18, 2011 Full Review

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

An intriguing proposal squandered on a well-oiled hack mechanism

August 28, 2009 Full Review

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

The time machine element of the movie gets hokey, but the visuals are intriguing and director Tony Scott wrenches suspense and tension from every scene.

April 24, 2009 Full Review

Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Violent terrorism thriller has sci-fi twists.

July 16, 2008 Full Review

Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

Towards the end it gets a little tiresome and hokey. But the ride of the first two-thirds is well worth the journey.

August 13, 2007 Full Review

Ryan Cracknell

Calgary Movies

You've got to fight the feeling of resentment that the filmmakers are exploiting two things, big-time: the outburst of emotion for Katrina victims, and the patriotic fervor and terrorism paranoia that's become a part of our post-9/11 world.

July 26, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

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June 22, 2007 Full Review

Dragan Antulov

Index.hr

Like its protagonist, you may find yourself wanting to see it more than once to appreciate how everything fits together - which earns Deja Vu the status of a classic, at least for the future.

June 12, 2007 Full Review | Comments (5)

Anton Bitel

Film4

You'll get a headache from trying to apply plot logic to it . . .

May 24, 2007 Full Review | Comments (2)

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

A mind-bogglingly stupid and phoney time-travel thriller conveniently set in a present-day politically correct, pre-9/11 fantasy world where Hollywood's idea of the perfect terrorist is a Timothy McVeigh-style white American male.

May 5, 2007 | Comment (1)

Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

In spite of its title, few will want to hit rewind to visit the movie again.

May 1, 2007 Full Review

Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Even for time travel enthusiasts who'll see story holes big enough to drive the ferry through, this can be a fun movie. Just don't think too hard about it.

April 24, 2007 Full Review

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

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• 1. Denny: Look, you know what happen's if you try this.
  2. Doug Carlin: We both know what happens if I don't.
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• 1. Denny: You don't have to do this.
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