Director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax) endows this ugly mess with a slew of unintentional laughs, but not enough to repay the 123-minute time suck.
– Cliff Doerksen,
Chicago Reader,
20 Aug 2009
fresh:
This wickedly entertaining, if slightly over-stretched, variation on the familiar 'evil child' scenario displays an unusually complex grasp of twisted psychology.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
7 Aug 2009
rotten:
It would be harder to find a more dark and joyless thriller on the market than this one.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
29 Jul 2009
fresh:
It's bloody, you should be warned, but in the end it is worth it.