77
Metascore
24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSeeps with melancholy, old wounds, repressed anger, lust. That it is also caustically funny and heartwarming is miraculous.
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonInspired, sublime fun.
- 88Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowIn the full-house ensemble of Henry Bromell's Panic, Neve Campbell is the wild card.
- 88Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneGraced by bleak, stylized direction and an insightful ending that suggests that nothing ever really ends, this first feature film by "Northern Exposure" and "Homicide" writer and producer Bromell is a promising debut.
- 80Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversA black-comedy gem.
- 80TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceFrom the opening lines to the epilogue (one of the film's few misfires), this taut first feature from TV producer and novelist Henry Bromell sustains a taut mood of unease and isolation, and the ensemble performances (TV starlet Campbell's included) have the qualities of the highest-caliber stage work.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanA defiantly offbeat and accomplished piece with a dream ensemble acting out one man's nightmare, it deserves not to fall through the cracks.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA lot of this is quite well done, but Bromell has a tendency to have too schematic an aesthetic agenda for his story: treating film noir like kabuki is not necessarily the best way to go, no matter how beautifully you do it.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe atmosphere is more compelling than the plot, but the story does pack a surprise or two.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanBoasts some genuinely intelligent and funny sequences and some nicely painful scenes of domestic tension - as well as surprisingly strong performances from actors like Neve Campbell and Donald Sutherland.