Red Lights (2012)

All Critics (86) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (61) | DVD (3)

A clever thriller, bolstered by three great performances.

August 10, 2012 Full Review

Bruce Demara

Toronto Star

Top Critic

The film doesn't offer the sense of release, or of surprise, that it seems to take for granted.

August 10, 2012 Full Review

Adam Litovitz

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

"The X-Files" is long gone. Hail and farewell. But its spirit lives on in "Red Lights." Hail, hail.

August 9, 2012 Full Review

Soren Anderson

Seattle Times

Top Critic

By strict definition, any movie featuring Robert De Niro as a spoon-bending clairvoyant superstar ought to hold a few cards up its sleeve.

August 2, 2012 Full Review

Amy Biancolli

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

A lot of talent comes up empty in "Red Lights," a thriller that doesn't thrill.

August 2, 2012 Full Review

Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

Top Critic

With the sort of last-minute plot twist that sank M. Night Shyamalan's career, Red Lights comes to an unexpected, risible end.

August 2, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Rene Rodriguez

Miami Herald

Top Critic

It's crushingly disappointing when it falls apart so completely in the second half.

March 14, 2013 Full Review

Andy Lea

Daily Star

Cillian Murphy talks about escaping Hollywood's "villain" trap.

January 2, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Red Lights is proof that Rodrigo Cortés knows how to shoot a film and make it look gorgeous. It's also proof that a cast list as strong as this one still can't overcome a weak script that fizzles out by the second act.

November 7, 2012 Full Review

Jeremy Lebens

We Got This Covered

It almost feels like an occult thriller that has slowly transformed into a comedy -- and you didn't even notice.

October 5, 2012 Full Review

Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

Red Lights has a decent premise, but the script lets the actors down. While it has interesting twists and bucks convention, the story is just far too weak to be enjoyable.

September 18, 2012 Full Review

Billy Tatum

We Got This Covered

A fun caper thinly veiled as a supernatural thriller - a mystery loaded with all the tricks and devices recently made popular by M. Night Shyamalan.

September 5, 2012 Full Review

Justin Craig

FoxNews.com

The fact that Red Lights' action doesn't operate in a recognizable universe, however, is a constant problem.

August 16, 2012 Full Review

Nick Schager

Paste Magazine

The degree to which Red Lights ultimately peters out is nothing short of spectacular...

August 13, 2012 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

It's nonsense on a plot level but played seriously without nearly enough personality or edge. Even the film's undeniably talented cast can't save it.

August 2, 2012 Full Review

Brian Tallerico

HollywoodChicago.com

By the time the film reaches its convoluted, bombastic and preposterous climax, any sense of real magic that it once conveyed has utterly vanished.

August 2, 2012 Full Review

Shawn Levy

Oregonian

Filmed in Spain and Canada, Red Lights is limply staged and even more uninspiringly shot - everywhere looks like nowhere. The effect of all this is a total lack of emotional connection to these characters right from the start.

August 1, 2012 Full Review

Rob Boylan

Orlando Weekly

Red Lights ends with much fury, and it only underscores how silly the whole misfortunate thing has become.

July 27, 2012 Full Review

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