Red Lights Reviews

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

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

Full Review | Original Score: 6.1/10

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

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

A clever thriller, bolstered by three great performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

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

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.0/5.0

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

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

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

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

Full Review | Original Score: C-

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

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

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

One of the worst movies of this or any other year.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5

Cortes made "Buried," which means he has more good work to offer. Better luck next film.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

Hinges on a big revelation that you'll see coming a mile away and a final twist that strains to pull a fast one.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

For its first two acts, the movie had me in its grip. Then it comes apart.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4