The fright is crafted well enough, but the twist at the end calls for more originality than filmmakers David Moreau and Xavier Palud wield.
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08/24/07
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Them (2007)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:32
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Suspenseful and tense from start to finish, the French horror film Them proves that a lack of gore doesn't mean a dearth of scares.
Runtime: 78 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:2007
Synopsis: Somewhere in Romania; Clementine is finishing her day of teaching the local kids French. On her way home she spots an abandoned vehicle beside the road. She continues on unaware of what happened to... [More]
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Them is more suspenseful than gory; there's little blood, but the tension gradually builds to a nail-biting level — an impressive feat, considering the movie is essentially one long chase.
08/24/07
The same old stuff served in an admittedly stylish manner.
08/23/07
That it is based on a true story does not compensate for the absence of either suspense or horror.
08/23/07
Taut and remorseless, Them, which is allegedly based on actual events, is the perfect antidote to the stomach-churning gore served up by so many in the current crop of horror films.
08/23/07
It should scare up a bit of boxoffice as it does hearken back to the day when horror meant the imagination gone wild rather than severed body parts. Otherwise, the film is all too pointless.
08/22/07
Top CriticA well-crafted jack-in-the-box toy that is more frightening in its ratcheted apprehension of what is to come than in the ultimate outcome.
08/18/07
Its spareness is its strength. There's no time wasted and no showy effects to detract from the situation -- just sheer tension.
08/17/07
There are moments in Them that are as powerful as anything in the genre in the last few years.
08/17/07
The movie Them revels in atmosphere, using long unbroken takes and ambient sound to lull you into complacency before unleashing nerve-jangling shocks.
08/17/07
If you want an hour or so of terror, put your faith in Them.
08/17/07
Top Critic77 grueling minutes
08/16/07
If you're going to imply that a French couple being terrorized in a remote Romanian mansion adds up to something more than an arbitrary (and rather repetitive) don't-go-in-the-basement thriller, then you'd better deliver the goods.
08/15/07
Top CriticHas a terrific slow-burning intensity as it torments its central characters (and the audience). Although it waits a bit too long to play its trump card.
08/15/07
Not a classic, but as a one-time theatrical experience it should scare the pee out of anyone.
08/12/07
Them isn't all that.
08/10/07
One of the least understood movie monsters is the pronoun.
08/05/07
77 minutes of gloriously sustained tension.
07/14/07
Lensed with skill to no particular end.
07/14/07
No story-structure, no succession of scary scenes and then ordinary-life scenes to clean the palate. Just one long unendurably tense and frightening sequence.
07/14/07
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