Plays out like a sprinter competing in his first distance race: It bursts forth with tremendous energy, sustains itself for quite a while, loses steam near the end but finishes ahead of most of the pack.
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo creates the same world of devils and innocents that grounds so much of Spain's modern, seeped-in-Satanic-evil horror, recast in a secular cinematic vocabulary.
80
L.A. WeeklyMark Olsen
L.A. WeeklyMark Olsen
The story is bound together with gaming set pieces that are strange, inventive and mesmerizing.
80
Variety
Variety
A self-aware, intriguing and technically accomplished fantasy thriller firmly in the Hollywood tradition, Intact has a confidence and expertise not seen from a Spanish tyro since Alejandro Amenabar's "Thesis" (1996).
Depending on your personal tastes, Intacto will either be an ambitious concoction of cerebral science-fiction or a towering pile of nonsense. The truth lies somewhere in between.
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The movie pits fortune against destiny and has an enigmatic old time splitting the difference.
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Convoluted.
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The film's a swell way of torturing yourself for 108 minutes.