Trance is high-order, film noir nonsense that takes Boyle back to the thrillers he made at the start of his career with John Hodge (he wrote Trance, too), like Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, that were preoccupied with the grimy corners of the psyche.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
6 Jan 2014
fresh:
Trance is to Danny Boyle more or less as Side Effects was to Steven Soderbergh: an arty spin on a trashy B-movie, engineered to showcase the director's particular gifts.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr 2013
fresh:
The story draws us in even through the murk.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2013
fresh:
Dawson walks through this film with majestic confidence while McAvoy is constantly inches from a full breakdown. And Boyle keeps that tension mesmerizing.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
12 Apr 2013
rotten:
I came away wondering whether the headache I left the theater with was such a bad -- or even unintentional -- thing after all.