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46 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezShyamalan’s crafts a deceptively simple experience. The plot is rather ingeniously straightforward, at first, but the fraught journey of a father and killer trying not to upend and upset the carefully constructed delusional fabrication of his life—and how the two identities crash into each other on one fateful day— is exhilaratingly multifaceted.
- 83The Film StageNick NewmanThe Film StageNick NewmanEven at a pace or two too long, while starting to coast on the pure rush of initial, stronger ideas, it’s perhaps his best-engineered work since The Village and arguably the purest piece of entertainment he’s ever made.
- 80TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiDoesn’t have the depth of Shyamalan’s most important films or the theatricality of his most memorably weird experiments. But it’s one of his best thrillers.
- 75The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe Daily BeastNick SchagerAs a pulpy game of cat-and-mouse, however, it provides enough thrills to compensate for its illogicalities, and in Josh Harnett, it boasts a star adept at locating the fiendishness in fatherhood.
- 63RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoTrap too often lacks the craftsmanship it needs to crackle with energy and tension. Despite these missteps, Josh Hartnett almost makes “Trap” worth seeing, imbuing his character with a playfulness that can be captivating. It’s just a shame his great work sometimes feels trapped in a movie that doesn’t know what to do with it.
- 63The Associated PressLindsey BahrThe Associated PressLindsey BahrThis is a popcorn movie, with a surprising turn from an underrated star. And ultimately, it’s a pretty fun time at the theater.
- 60SlashfilmJeremy MathaiSlashfilmJeremy MathaiWhen the film quite literally runs out of plot, only the filmmaker's sheer determination and commitment to the bit manage to salvage an ending that throws logic and reason out the door several times over.
- 50ColliderRoss BonaimeColliderRoss BonaimeTrap is another promising thriller from M. Night Shyamalan, but his filmmaking choices simply can't do this conceit justice.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperTrap is a well-crafted shell with nothing inside.
- 40VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanAsking an audience to go with something this fundamentally farfetched borders on an insult. More to the point: It’s not fun.