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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (8) | DVD (4)
Be grateful for the genuine amusement Dead Again supplies. It may be cotton candy, but it's well spun. Feb 7, 2018 | Full Review…
Be grateful for the genuine amusement Dead Again supplies. It may be cotton candy, but it's well spun.
David Ansen
Branagh's contemporary American accent is annoying, and the film's constant inter-cutting of past and present lives becomes laughable. Jan 16, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Branagh's contemporary American accent is annoying, and the film's constant inter-cutting of past and present lives becomes laughable.
Gene Siskel
As the twists come thick and fast and the plot gets progressively more and more baroque, Branagh shows himself to be at least as intelligent as Brian De Palma in delivering over-the-top stylistic filigree. Oct 25, 2010 | Full Review…
As the twists come thick and fast and the plot gets progressively more and more baroque, Branagh shows himself to be at least as intelligent as Brian De Palma in delivering over-the-top stylistic filigree.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Director and star Kenneth Branagh brings the same zest and bravura style to this actors' romp of a mystery-thriller as he did to Henry V. Jul 6, 2010 | Full Review…
Director and star Kenneth Branagh brings the same zest and bravura style to this actors' romp of a mystery-thriller as he did to Henry V.
Variety Staff
Branagh's lame stab at a romantic psychological thriller makes no sense. Jan 26, 2006 | Full Review…
Branagh's lame stab at a romantic psychological thriller makes no sense.
Geoff Andrew
A big, convoluted, entertainingly dizzy romantic mystery melodrama. It's also another coup de cinema for Mr. Branagh. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A big, convoluted, entertainingly dizzy romantic mystery melodrama. It's also another coup de cinema for Mr. Branagh.
Lawrence Van Gelder
His film is both a good mystery movie and a good movie-movie; its sheer "movieness" is what gives the picture its kick. As his career progressed, Branagh may very well have made better films than 'Dead Again.' But he never made another one this fun. Sep 3, 2016 | Full Review…
His film is both a good mystery movie and a good movie-movie; its sheer "movieness" is what gives the picture its kick. As his career progressed, Branagh may very well have made better films than 'Dead Again.' But he never made another one this fun.
Jason Bailey
Logic is dull and all that jazz. What isn't dull, though, is the way Branagh as a director attacks this material. Aug 30, 2016 | Full Review…
Logic is dull and all that jazz. What isn't dull, though, is the way Branagh as a director attacks this material.
Odie Henderson
It's a restless yet highly organized effort, displaying the director's desire to not just passively assemble a movie, but to rattle the senses as well. Aug 31, 2011 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
It's a restless yet highly organized effort, displaying the director's desire to not just passively assemble a movie, but to rattle the senses as well.
Brian Orndorf
The mixture of gritty noir and supernatural shenanigans sits uneasily, but the film may simply be too bizarre to work at all. Oct 25, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The mixture of gritty noir and supernatural shenanigans sits uneasily, but the film may simply be too bizarre to work at all.
Angie Errigo
It straddles a fine line between genius and folly. Oct 25, 2010 | Full Review…
It straddles a fine line between genius and folly.
Film4 Staff
Engaging in spite of its cheesy ending Aug 25, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
Engaging in spite of its cheesy ending
Pete Vonder Haar
A woman arrives at a Catholic orphanage without her memory and subject to night terrors. The priest knows of a local detective, a graduate, who'll work for free ... so begins this mostly forgotten gem by Branagh wherein he quite literally throws in everything AND the kitchen sink. Nothing but a film about loving film but the old films in particular. So good I half expected Bette or Humphrey to put in a surprise cameo. Ignore the climax though, so stupid, so lame, you'll laugh out loud.
Super Reviewer
I love this noir-ish Hitchcock style thriller. Its lots of fun as well. Husband and wife team (married 1989-95) Branagh and Thompson shine as the leads. Branagh also directs. It sounds cheesy, but its not: both leads play dual roles, in 1949 and the present, swapping genders. At times both are funny, charming, perplexed, and exasperated. The film is well made. Kudos to Andy Garcia's make-up technician. He is as convincing a dying old man as I've seen, complete with a cigarette-smoking tracheotomy! I think I'll give up smoking. Robin Williams also has a meaty, though small role. Its a great ride; the supernatural aspects could have been hokey but instead are gripping and mysterious, especially in the climax. Whatever happened to Wayne (Hello,Newman) Knight?
It's a pretty good thriller, but there are aspects about it that bother me. The score is completely over-the-top and the final minutes I was laughing all the way through. Other than that, it wasn't too bad.
While some of the dramatics are turned up to Spanish soap-opera levels, the script and story are solid overall.
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