Looper (2012)

All Critics (243) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (230) | Rotten (16) | DVD (4)

Yes, it's a B movie sci-fi thriller, but not many prestige pictures have this much going on underneath the surface.

January 4, 2013 Full Review

Tom Charity

CNN.com

Top Critic

That first hour cooks. And the second hour brings Emily Blunt into the story, which is a fine thing for any second half to offer.

January 4, 2013 Full Review

Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

If the whole thing leaves you rubbing your temples, just a bit... well, this headache's sort of worth it.

January 4, 2013 Full Review

Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

The reasoning behind all this may not reward prolonged inspection, but Johnson is smart enough to press onward with his plot, leaving us with neither the time nor the desire to linger over the logic ...

October 1, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Anthony Lane

New Yorker

Top Critic

Writer-director Rian Johnson establishes himself as an original talent who clearly believes storytelling must prevail.

September 30, 2012 Full Review | Comments (17)

Richard Roeper

Richard Roeper.com

Top Critic

A mind-bending ride that is not afraid to slow down now and again, to explore themes of regret and redemption, solitude and sacrifice, love and loss. It's a movie worth seeing and, perhaps, going back to see again.

September 28, 2012 Full Review | Comments (12)

Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Top Critic

With a heady script, stunning performances and fist-pumping action, LOOPER is the most enjoyable combination of immensely watchable yet poignant, even cerebral.

April 3, 2013 Full Review

Meredith Borders

Badass Digest

If it weren't for its gaping plot holes, this could be one of this century's best science fiction features.

March 21, 2013 Full Review

Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

A fresh, intelligent and action-packed addition to the time-travel anthology.

March 3, 2013 Full Review

Tom Glasson

Concrete Playground

Looper injects the sci-fi actioneer with a much-needed jolt of moral consciousness.

January 23, 2013 Full Review

Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

Not quite the time travel story science fiction fans were hoping for, alas.

January 21, 2013 Full Review

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

[Looper] may be the best sci-fi thriller to hit the theaters since 1995's Twelve Monkeys.

January 4, 2013 Full Review

Michael Burgin

Paste Magazine

Is it derivative? Not really; just a reminder that cinema, like history, is on a continuous loop, forever repeating itself.

January 4, 2013 Full Review

Peter Keough

Boston Phoenix

Despite its confusing logic and ornate storyline, Looper still grabs the audience with the raw emotional storyline on the farm and the constant popping back and forth in time. It's a head-scratching ride, but a fun one nonetheless.

January 4, 2013 Full Review

Matthew Odam

Austin American-Statesman

Call it the coolest, most complex sci-fi of 2012 and the best movie of its kind since "Inception." Pow! What a ride!

January 1, 2013 Full Review

Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

Looper has its highs and lows, but it remains one of the more original sci-fi films to come out in some time.

December 30, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

We Got This Covered

Joseph Gordon-Levitt continues to prove to be one of the best actors at selecting scripts.

December 30, 2012 Full Review

Phil Villarreal

OK! Magazine

Accessible to a general audience while still having moments that will warm any film geek's heart, this is the kind of genre film that elevates the form.

December 28, 2012 Full Review

Jason Gorber

Twitch

The movie is morally murky, to put it lightly, and that's a bit refreshing; we're made to think about why we want the protagonists to achieve their goals.

December 17, 2012 Full Review

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Intelligent, extremely imaginative, visually stunning and constantly surprising, this is filmmaking of the highest order from Rian Johnson.

December 4, 2012 Full Review

CJ Johnson

ABC Radio (Australia)

Looper is among the cleverest, most skillfully crafted and entertaining sci-fi thrillers of the past 20 years.

November 2, 2012 Full Review

Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

The smartest, most stylish and most outright entertaining science-fiction film of the year.

October 30, 2012 Full Review

Andy Lea

Daily Star

A thought-provoking, heart-pounding take on the applications and ethics of time travel which, oddly enough, doubles up as a lesson in the importance of good parenting.

October 30, 2012 Full Review

Film4

• 1. Joe: My life? Your life!
  – Submitted by Idan N (58 days ago)
• 1. Joe: So I changed it.
  – Submitted by Tomer H (2 months ago)
• 1. Old Joe: [speaks French]
  2. Joe: What?
  3. Old Joe: You'll get it someday. Well, obviously.
  – Submitted by Zoe S (4 months ago)
• 1. Joe: It's like this whole town. Big heads, small potatoes.
  – Submitted by John K (4 months ago)
• 1. Old Joe: I don't want to talk about time travel because if we start talking about it then we're going to be here all day talking about it, making diagrams with straws.
  – Submitted by Sawyer B (4 months ago)
• 1. Joe: Then I saw it, I saw a mom who would die for her son, a man who would kill for his wife, a boy, angry & alone, laid out in front of him the bad path. I saw it & the path was a circle, round & round. So I changed it.
  – Submitted by Shyam N (5 months ago)