"Darkest Hour'' doesn't have even as much character as those Discover commercials.
– Joel Brown,
Boston Globe,
27 Dec 2011
rotten:
If these dimwits represent the hope of humanity, bring on the alien overlords.
– Alonso Duralde,
TheWrap,
27 Dec 2011
rotten:
Not since Mark Wahlberg trembled in fear beside a menacing houseplant in The Happening has a film tried to provoke terror with such an unlikely object of menace.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
28 Dec 2011
rotten:
It's clear from early on that these characters are as indistinct and lazily rendered as the floating blobs chasing them.
– Keith Staskiewicz,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Dec 2011
rotten:
There's literally nothing here that works: the SFX are limp, the acting is dire and director Chris Gorak seems to be fighting a losing battle with the concept of narrative logic.