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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 42The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasBetter performances might have sold The Divide, but aside from Arquette's fine work as a single mother driven to self-degradation, the cast amplifies the impression of a canned, one-act theater piece.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfUnintentionally true to its title, The Divide first goes for a similar bleakness (it barely registers as entertainment), then lurches into a rousing, vengeful finale; both sides of the equation add up to less than zero.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezIn Xavier Gens's The Divide, the revolution will not be televised, only the degradation of human civility--and in a mire of clichés more toxic to the mind than the radioactive dust that causes everyone's hair to fall out in the wake of a nuclear explosion.
- 38Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisIt's doom that we're meant to feel here. And repulsion. I hate to say, but I shrugged.
- 30VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonPlodding and repetitive in its efforts to maintain pressure-cooker intensity, The Divide resembles nothing so much as an extended "Twilight Zone" episode as it brings a sci-fi twist to a familiar scenario about stressed characters who bring out the worst in each other while trapped in close quarters.
- 30Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonNeither intellectually nor viscerally engaging, what The Divide finally offers audiences is the not-terribly-edifying, stagnant experience of being locked in a basement with a pack of assholes.
- We wait, from one cringe-inducing, hide-your-face-from-the-screen act after another, to see how much worse the behavior will become.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckRelentlessly unpleasant and nihilistic in its approach and execution, The Divide is best appreciated as a virtual instruction manual on how not to behave during a crisis.
- 20Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThe cynic in me notes that the whole, dismal enterprise is just a cheap steal from Roger Corman's 1955 film "Day the World Ended." At least that single set-bound cheapie had a three-eyed mutant to enliven the otherwise stagy proceedings.