Moll, in only his second feature, evokes a sense of foreboding, playing the routine against the unnerving, the humorous against the sinister, with a wit and deftness that might have impressed Hitchcock.
80
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
Moll ratchets his suspense with impressive mastery, wringing a maximum of excruciating terror out of the humblest everyday materials.
80
Film.comPeter Brunette
Film.comPeter Brunette
An insistent, insinuating film -- both in terms of its plot and characters, and in its impact on the viewer -- Harry's effects are small-scale but so perfectly pitched that they never seem small.
75
New York PostJonathan Foreman
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Often darkly funny and very well acted, it's a pleasingly subtle, Hitchockian thriller with dark comic overtones.
75
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
The film is a small and polished gem that proves that with a friend like Harry, nobody needs an enemy.
75
USA TodayAndy Seiler
USA TodayAndy Seiler
Director Dominik Moll knows how to make a gruesome-free thriller and even manages some dark laughs as he turns the screws.
70
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
I did enjoy the movie's mercurial moods -- anxiety, terror, whimsical horror -- and I welcomed its confirmation that the work of the devil includes SUVs.
63
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Critically lacks Highsmith's sixth sense for drawing you into the heart and soul of sociopaths, then jolting you with the realization that things are much worse even than they seem.