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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyQuarantine director John Erick Dowdle and co-writing brother Drew wisely stick close to the told-from-the-cameraman's point-of-view template of the terrific original, though they add a few fine flourishes.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineClaustrophobic, jittery at times, and electric in pace, Quarantine is a stripped-down bloody thrill ride that -- while certainly not catering to everyone's tastes -- should satisfy gore-hounds looking to step up their theatrical horror cuisine beyond the usual creepy little kid rehashes.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyGive Quarantine credit: Without resorting to computer-generated monsters or supernatural explanations, it uses consistent logic and confinement to find new ways of being scary.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe template is familiar, but Quarantine delivers the heebie-jeebies with solid acting and perfectly calibrated shocks.
- 58The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinDowdle manages a few nice shocks and some neat moments of pitch-black gallows humor, but Quarantine nevertheless feels awfully familiar, and it grows less convincing with each passing moment. At its worst, it abandons realism entirely and flirts with gory kitsch.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOh, "Blair Witch," what hath thou wrought? It has taken less than a decade, but the concept of horror films filmed documentary-style has officially become a tiresome cliche.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA modestly inventive, sporadically exciting thriller that nonetheless proves too faithful to its central conceit for its own good.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's easily the weakest entry into this ever-expanding category and is inferior to its subtitled source material. Quarantine implies "stay away" and that's not bad advice.
- Shame as well upon the advance marketing department for blowing the end of the movie in ads, thus exorcising any ghost of a chance Quarantine had of issuing a surprise.
- 12Boston GlobeBoston GlobeLike "Blair Witch," Quarantine uses the conceit of a movie-within-a-movie to give documentary immediacy to its assorted grotesqueries.