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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxAcademy Award-winning live-action-short director Andrea Arnold makes a startlingly assured debut with this low-key psychological chiller.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's still dynamite, the kind of sexy, paranoid, creepily atmospheric picture that invades all your senses at once.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceNo one does poetic British with more remorseless hyper-realism than the Scots, and Arnold, who amassed a raft of reputable awards for her 2003 short film "Wasp," directs with a precociously sure touch and a raw taste for graphic sexuality rare in a woman helmer. It shocks, yet feels organic to the paranoid, loveless milieu portrayed in Red Road.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustA spellbinding, intelligent thriller that takes its time to get where it's going but is well worth the trip.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoDickie is intense in her screen debut, which requires her to be in nearly every scene. The supporting cast is strong, and Robbie Ryan's handheld camera provides gritty ambiance for this taut thriller.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumDespite the thick Scottish accents, filmmaker Andrea Arnold kept me intrigued, but beyond a certain point the movie's ambiguity fades into indifference.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttYou might call the film "Rear Window Times 100."
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottIn the arresting Red Road, the dire Orwellian warning that Big Brother is watching has evolved from a grim fantasy of totalitarianism into a banal fact of life.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAs long as Arnold can avoid giving any reason for Dickie's strange behavior, Red Road remains creepy and hypnotic, but as soon as Arnold explains what's going on, the movie's structure collapses into the rubble of cliché.
- 60VarietyVarietySensual, dark in every sense, but a touch derivative, Red Road reps an impressive feature debut for Brit writer-helmer Andrea Arnold, an Oscar-winner for her knockout short "Wasp."