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It serves the bare serviceable minimum for a horror flick, but The Thing is all boo-scares and a slave to the far superior John Carpenter version.
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This isn't the real Thing; keep it at bay. Dec 2, 2011 | Rating: 2/5
This isn't the real Thing; keep it at bay.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Whatever good intentions were behind this prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 classic, the sloppy execution renders them moot. Dec 1, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Whatever good intentions were behind this prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 classic, the sloppy execution renders them moot.
Phelim O'Neill
It's curious that a movie about a shape-shifting, person-imitating alien lifeform should itself feel like a mutant hybrid: half-prequel, half-remake, never sure which end to cosy up to. Dec 1, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's curious that a movie about a shape-shifting, person-imitating alien lifeform should itself feel like a mutant hybrid: half-prequel, half-remake, never sure which end to cosy up to.
Tim Robey
Nary an original bone in this monster's body, but effective nonethleless. Dec 1, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Nary an original bone in this monster's body, but effective nonethleless.
Ashley Clark
Efficient enough for newcomers perhaps, but never that chilling, and the predictably dull CGI underlines how far movie magic has regressed in the past couple of decades. Nov 29, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Efficient enough for newcomers perhaps, but never that chilling, and the predictably dull CGI underlines how far movie magic has regressed in the past couple of decades.
Trevor Johnston
Hopefully we'll never tire of the visual splendour inherent in seeing human faces tear themselves apart. Oct 18, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Hopefully we'll never tire of the visual splendour inherent in seeing human faces tear themselves apart.
Jim Schembri
I've come to outright enjoy [The Thing] as a love letter to [John] Carpenter's film and a thrilling companion piece to that unblemished masterpiece. Nov 13, 2019 | Full Review…
I've come to outright enjoy [The Thing] as a love letter to [John] Carpenter's film and a thrilling companion piece to that unblemished masterpiece.
Ed Travis
This paranoid frozen frightfest is the best chance to you'll get this Halloween to feel a real chill. Jul 29, 2019 | Full Review…
This paranoid frozen frightfest is the best chance to you'll get this Halloween to feel a real chill.
Leslie Combemale
I doubt that it will enjoy the same positive re-evaluation later on down the road that its predecessor enjoyed and will quickly fade into obscurity while Carpenter's endures. Jun 7, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
I doubt that it will enjoy the same positive re-evaluation later on down the road that its predecessor enjoyed and will quickly fade into obscurity while Carpenter's endures.
Matthew Lucas
Ultimately, the 2011 The Thing is an acceptable creature feature, but it's unlikely to be anybody's favorite thing, let alone considered the best possible Thing. Feb 8, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Ultimately, the 2011 The Thing is an acceptable creature feature, but it's unlikely to be anybody's favorite thing, let alone considered the best possible Thing.
Abbie Bernstein
Not only a pale imitation of the previous two incarnations, but also one of the worst films (horror or otherwise) released this year -- avoid at all costs. Dec 5, 2018 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Not only a pale imitation of the previous two incarnations, but also one of the worst films (horror or otherwise) released this year -- avoid at all costs.
Daniel Green
Watching The Thing, I was absolutely stunned by its complete and utter lack of creativity. Aug 9, 2017 | Full Review…
Watching The Thing, I was absolutely stunned by its complete and utter lack of creativity.
Jessica Baxter
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