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Red Lights (15)

Red Lights (15)

Thriller

Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away.


The critical consensus

Never a dull moment, but rarely a good one either.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 10/06/2012

A starry cast, curious premise and well-crafted shocks make for an ambitious thriller that ekes – and eeks – out the tension to its iffy finale.

***(*)(*)Richard Jordan, Total Film, 11/06/2012

Even with flashes of invention and the game cast, it would take a wilier showman than Cortés to truly impress with this shabby bag of tricks.

***(*)(*)David Hughes, Empire Online, 11/06/2012

Spanish writer/director Rodrigo Cortés leapfrogs up the Hollywood ladder with this disappointing slice of sub-Shyamalan silliness.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 14/06/2012

Cortés knows how to engineer sharp, effective jolts and broader, Insidious-like funhouse business: making unexpected use of Mungo Jerry, it's the kind of semi-savvy pulp nonsense that'll do if your first choice is sold out.

***(*)(*)Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 14/06/2012

Writer-director Rodrigo Cortés can't keep a high portentousness from leaking into the mood. The philosophical talk of truth and illusion feels just a bit creaky after the sealed-coffin nightmare of his earlier (and brilliant) Buried.

**(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 15/06/2012

There’s very little to tingle the spine, the story has more holes than a teabag.

**(*)(*)(*)David Edwards, Daily Record, 15/06/2012

The first hour...is pretty good...then it starts to go off the rails.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 15/06/2012

After an extremely interesting first hour demonstrating their investigative methods, the movie flags rather badly.

Philip French, The Observer, 17/06/2012


Features about Red Lights (15)

How true to life are the psychics and psychologists in Red Lights?

Chris French, The Guardian, 15/06/2012

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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