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Look Who's Stalking 'The Strangers'new
The Strangers is minimalist almost in the extreme. It uses one set, five characters and almost no dialogue. This one is all about the ambience of fear, not the excess of bloody special effects.
C-Ville Weekly |
DEVIN O'LEARY |
06-04-2008 |
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'The Strangers' is Not Scary Enoughnew
While you can't fault Bryan Bertino for erring on the subtle side in a genre that lately is all about splashy, silly excess, The Strangers just needs a little more oomph to be truly scary.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Strangers, Bryan Bertino
'The Strangers' Offers No Kindness to Liv Tyler and Scott Speedmannew
If Kristen (Tyler) and James (Speedman) listened to their first instinct, we wouldn't have the sleek, stripped down new thriller The Strangers, the movie that accomplishes everything that Michael Haneke tried to do with his sadistic hostage-takers in Funny Games earlier this year.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
05-29-2008 |
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Tags: The Strangers, Bryan Bertino
Your Home is Your Castle? Tell it to 'The Strangers'new
If The Strangers is merely a home invasion movie, it is a home-invasion movie in the sense that The Birds is -- what happens is punishment for humans who have lost faith in each other.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
05-29-2008 |
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Tags: Bryan Bentino, The Strangers
