Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
The fleetingly satisfying Deja Vu is ultimately a self-fulfilling prophecy.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
24 Nov 2006
rotten:
Nobody looks cooler walking in slow motion through a crime scene while wearing sunglasses than Denzel Washington -- but even the great Denzel can't save Deja Vu.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
27 Nov 2006
rotten:
Rarely have [producer] Bruckheimer and [director] Scott been so upfront about insulting people's intelligence.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
27 Nov 2006
rotten:
I felt cheated.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
4 Dec 2006
rotten:
Take away a couple of neatly staged action sequences and you're left with a callously measured slab of US jingoism that deals with the most horrific human tragedies in the most lunk-headed and insulting way possible.