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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloViewers who enjoy a big rug-pull will want to keep an eye out for this one, as it essentially combines the surprise endings of several notable films into one all-encompassing “Gotcha!”
- 40Time OutTime OutThe filmmaker throws in a strangely irrelevant twist before he’s through, but despite a lavish dose of gothic style, The Condemned’s trek toward absolution is pretty familiar.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough directed in effectively creepy fashion by Roberto Buso-Garcia, the film’s leisurely pacing and overall restraint will likely leave genre fans dissatisfied even as its lack of depth will turn off art-house patrons.
- 38Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneIt adds up to a methodically bland, intellectually sluggish exercise in guilt-tripping that's nonetheless still more interested in its rich and sexy characters than the supposed unfortunates.
- 30The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThe Condemned is uncanny only in its resemblance to a television soap, with acting as flat as the lighting and scenes that end with the kind of cliffhanger moments that otherwise announce commercial breaks.
- 30Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenA good idea for a ghost story is dead on arrival in The Condemned, a would-be thriller whose intended horror-tinged chills register as ho-hum hokum.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-TimesThe Condemned is nothing but a creaky façade.
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceWriter-director Roberto Busó-Garcia's Spanish-language movie is so tame and so completely boring that to advertise it as a horror film is to insult the genre.