An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price—he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
In a movie about a new generation's hunger to topple the old guard, pretty boy Hemsworth is outclassed by his veteran costars, who get more mileage from baring their teeth than he does baring his chest.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
29 Aug 2013
rotten:
Corporate thrillers just aren't what they used to be.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
23 Jul 2014
rotten:
Paranoia, a ho-hum thriller about corporate spying in the high-tech world, comes off as a lot more preposterous than paranoid, and it takes no more than a few frames for the eye rolling to commence.
– David Lewis,
San Francisco Chronicle,
23 Jul 2014
rotten:
This is a film at odds with itself, wanting to be a 99 percenter rallying cry but wallowing in and fetishizing 1 percenter accoutrement at every turn.
– Ernest Hardy,
Village Voice,
23 Jul 2014
rotten:
There's nothing wrong with Paranoia that a stronger director, livelier leading actors and several hundred fewer narrative conveniences wouldn't cure.