After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.
The plot is as tediously redundant as director Jonathan Kaplan's approach is carefully workmanlike.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The movie is a thriller, with all the usual trappings of a thriller, but the director, Jonathan Kaplan, is able to place the story in a plausible world.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
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More gripping than it is convincing.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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Neither Lewis Colick's script nor Jonathan Kaplan's direction is quite as streamlined as it could be, but you certainly get a run for your money.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
9 Apr 2008
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Although it exists primarily to send an audience into a bloodthirsty frenzy and has major credibility problems in the bargain, Unlawful Entry is still a very effective victimization thriller.