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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorDirected by Lee Tamahori with his customary flash and glitter, Next lives from one brilliantly executed chase sequence to the next, which is more than enough reason to stay the course.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaWildly ridiculous and thoroughly entertaining thriller.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis isn't a bad movie; it's watchable but the direction in which the filmmakers choose to take it results in a vague sense of dissatisfaction.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangWhat starts out as a mildly diverting thriller blows itself to smithereens in the final reel.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttDespite an outlandish premise, Next suffers from being too conventional.
- 40Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoFor an action thriller based on a Dick story, Next is peculiarly low-tech and hokey.
- 40The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisIn Next, a crummy action and speculative-fiction hybrid, Nicolas Cage plays a guy who can see into the future two minutes at a time. It's too bad that Mr. Cage couldn't tap into those same powers of divination to save himself from making yet another inexplicably bad choice in roles.
- 38USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThis implausible action thriller also stars Julianne Moore as an FBI agent who sees Cage's two-bit Vegas act and decides he can single-handedly save the world.
- 25Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldAs a thriller, Next goes a certain distance on Cage's sad-sack charm and sense of humor, but it does nothing with its intriguing premise, and it's mostly just one more tedious and progressively dumb collection of Hollywood action clichés.