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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100ColliderMarco Vito OddoColliderMarco Vito OddoEverything is glued together by another Dafoe performance that proves he’s one of the greatest actors of all time, especially when given enough room to tap into the lunacy of his characters. In short, Katsoupis managed to craft a crowd pleaser that still has something interesting to say.
- 67The PlaylistRafaela Sales RossThe PlaylistRafaela Sales RossThe wretched allure of this process makes “Inside” worth the investment even when Katsoupis proves unable to resist the charming hands of cliché, bloating the script to serve the idea of an unconventional heist movie, when in his hands lie a much more interesting proposition.
- 65TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleAs Katsoupis’s exhibitionist experiment teeters between prickly psychological suspense and yawing pretension, it’s always Dafoe — perhaps channeling the audacious immersion of his roots in Wooster Group theater — who mesmerizingly portrays this “Inside” job as if his life and art counted on it.
- 63Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiWhether or not Vasilis Katsoupis’s film achieves escape velocity from genre limitations though overt sociopolitical commentary is questionable.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is a strange, enclosed experience: Dafoe’s mastery of the screen keeps it meaningful.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzWithout an actor like Dafoe at its center (and margins and everywhere else), it would be unwatchable torture. With him, it’s more like watchable torture, easier to admire than enjoy.
- 59The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzDafoe is captivating as always, but not even his slinking, slippery presence can save the film from turning into a rather torturous endurance test.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIt’s a natty-enough twist on the survivor story — what if you were stuck inside, not outside? — and one bolstered by the inherent watchability of star Willem Dafoe, one of the few performers absolutely up to the task of this particular feature.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyEven the formidable Dafoe at his most intense ultimately can’t stop Inside from succumbing to its own narrowness, devolving into a self-reflexive portrait of soul-sucking isolation.