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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThere's a kind of tough beauty to this deft, satisfying thriller.
- 83The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinIt's a relentlessly downbeat, well-acted melodrama that's easy to admire, but intentionally impossible to enjoy.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe book tore at my heart; the movie left me strangely unmoved.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe best efforts of the performers cannot authenticate a plot that no longer feels inevitable. It feels contrived. And the audience stays at a remove instead of entering someone else’s nightmare.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversEven the best actors -- and I'd rank Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo among their generation's finest -- can't save a movie that aims for tragedy but stalls at soap opera.
- 42Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerThere is no reason why Reservation Road could not have been great. George has co-written some powerful films in the past, including two for Daniel Day-Lewis, "In the Name of the Father" and "The Boxer." He is not wrong to want to mainline intensity here, but the inner lives of these men have not been explored, only displayed.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttPaints itself into a corner, creating a static situation in which everyone is either stymied or wracked by indecision, leaving the movie free for its two male leads to wallow in self-pity, remorse and bad behavior.
- 40VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA dramatic situation that should be wrenching is mostly tedious in Reservation Road.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceReservation Road itself may twist and turn into the New England night, but emotionally and dramatically, the movie that bears its name is a dead end.
- 20Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternA deadly earnest and deadly dull psychological thriller.