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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOwen devotes himself to the horror-flick role of a father battling his daughter's monsters with the same trademark efficiency and intensity he brings to every project, whether pulpy like "Killer Elite" or pure like "Shadow Dancer."
- 60EmpireDamon WiseEmpireDamon WiseThough short on shocks and mild in horror terms, Fresnadillo's fantasy has a lot of heart and sincerity in equal measure.
- 60MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeA movie about childhood nightmares that plays too much like an actual, incoherent nightmare to make a good movie, Intruders is a psychodrama divided against itself.
- Where the film falls apart is in trying to steer this nightmare out of dark fantasy into the cold light of logic.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangA fitfully creepy, overly protracted chiller that plays more like a noncommittal sampler of horror techniques than the vivid nightmare it's clearly aiming for.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasFeels tentative and weak whenever it isn't simply baldly derivative. It's old-fashioned to the point of ossification.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis is really very humdrum stuff compared to the electric strangeness of "Intact."
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfFresnadillo, working with screenwriters Nicolás Casariego and Jaime Marques, might be angling for the same YA fantasy as "Pan's Labyrinth," but they've forgotten about that film's violent underpinnings, a mistake that leaches their movie of suspense.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceWith nothing tangible at stake, Intruders is just an aggregation of influences that's as blank as its bogeyman.