Source Code (2011)

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Holes in logic get swept aside by the brisk pace and stimulating tale.

January 3, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

A casually brainy and surprisingly thoughtful blockbuster... that is ultimately as much about saving the day as seizing it.

July 29, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

William Goss

Film.com

Top Critic

The movie is a formally disciplined piece of work, a triumph of movie syntax, made with a sense of rhythm and pace, and Gyllenhaal, who is always good at conveying anxiety, gives Stevens's desperation a comic edge.

April 11, 2011 Full Review | Comments (23)

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

This time, Jones has more money and greater studio expectations behind him, so what begins as another existential head trip that puts ideas before spectacle eventually morphs into something trite and compromised -- hard sci-fi gone soft.

April 1, 2011 Full Review | Comments (44)

Scott Tobias

NPR

Top Critic

A smart sci-fi thriller that maybe asks a bit more of its audience than the average movie. But the payoff is solid, and really -- how long is eight minutes?

April 1, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

Duncan Jones' swiftly paced and engaging sci-fi thriller is a Groundhog Day for a post- 9/11 world.

April 1, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

Fantastic pacing, an excellent performance by Gyllenhaal and smart storytelling make this a wonderful film.

May 3, 2013 Full Review

Amy Curtis

We Got This Covered

Adorably preposterous

January 10, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

In spite of an over-complicated premise, Source Code succeeds in offering an above-average thriller -- with interesting sci-fi ideas for genre buffs to debate.

October 2, 2012 Full Review

Ben Kendrick

ScreenRant

More like a thinking man's Speed as opposed to a what-were-you-thinking man's Déjà Vu.

September 27, 2012 Full Review

Matt Looker

TheShiznit.co.uk

"Source Code" is a fascinating sci-fi action film that works surprisingly well given the scant logic it gets away with.

September 21, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

Duncan Jones continues to build a rep for heady and ambitious sci-fi.

April 8, 2012 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Jones' conception of how the universe works pretty much eliminates the possibility of drama.

January 3, 2012 Full Review | Comments (4)

Perry Seibert

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Were it supremely confident of knowing when to show its trump card, the film could have gone even further.

December 18, 2011 Full Review

Ed Gibbs

The Sun Herald

Source Code is genuinely compelling and - whilst not always successful - remains a fine example of an intelligent, modern sci-fi thriller.

November 19, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Laurence Boyce

The Sabotage Times

Uma ficção científica exemplar: apresenta um conceito interessante, explora-o a fundo e, de quebra, nos apresenta a questões de fundo filosófico-existencial enquanto cria personagens complexos e tocantes.

September 30, 2011 Full Review

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

This intelligent sci-fi-thriller is a worthy follow-up to Moon that marks Jones as one of the best new filmmakers around.

September 21, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Matt Neal

The Standard

Duncan Jones's Source Code is far more nuanced and intelligent thriller than it has any right to be and, thanks to a superb transfer from Summit, welcomes repeat viewings on Blu-ray.

August 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Chris Cabin

Slant Magazine

Duncan Jones's sophomore film, Source Code, is an assured second step into the realm of thoughtful science fiction.

August 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

All of the leading actors acquit themselves well, including Jeffrey Wright as the brains behind the daring experiment in what he calls "time reassignment," rather than time travel. The fact that Ripley's screenplay gives its secondary characters some...

July 27, 2011 Full Review

Leonard Maltin

indieWIRE

Since Source Code is philosophical science fiction and not just 'sci fi,' there's something to chew on here about consciousness: when it begins and ends, and that old chestnut of what constitutes reality. [Blu-ray]

July 25, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

• 1. Captain Colter Stevens: Everything is going to be okay.
  – Submitted by Justine B (6 months ago)
• 1. Captain Colter Stevens: You know what, next time I'll send you a pizza, I'll see if that makes an impression!
  – Submitted by Bryan O (7 months ago)
• 1. Dr. Rutledge: One of these days, the right crisis is going to rear it's head, and Source Code is going to have it's moment in the sun.
  – Submitted by Typhon Q (7 months ago)
• 1. Captain Colter Stevens: If you're reading this e-mail, then Source Code works even better than you and Dr. Rutledge imagined. You thought you were creating eight minutes of a past event, but you're not. You've created a whole new world. Goodwin, if I'm right, somewhere at the Source Code facility, you have a Captain Colter Stevens waiting to send on a mission. Promise me you'll help him. And when you do, do me a favor. Tell him everything is going to be okay.
  – Submitted by Typhon Q (8 months ago)
• 1. Captain Colter Stevens: I'm asking you to have the decency to let me try.
  – Submitted by Lucas H (10 months ago)
• 1. Derek Frost: The world is hell.
  – Submitted by Darth T (11 months ago)