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Triangle (2009)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:21

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Feelings of déjà vu, suspicion, and dread punctuate this psychological thriller from SEVERANCE director Christopher Smith. 30 DAYS OF NIGHT’s Melissa George stars as Jess, a woman on a yacht with a... Feelings of déjà vu, suspicion, and dread punctuate this psychological thriller from SEVERANCE director Christopher Smith. 30 DAYS OF NIGHT’s Melissa George stars as Jess, a woman on a yacht with a group of friends. When a storm comes up, they are forced to leave the yacht and move to a cruise ship, but there appears to be no one on board. Soon enough, Jess’s worry is revealed to be founded when someone begins killing her friends. [More]

Starring: Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael Carpani, Henry Nixon

Starring: Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael Carpani, Henry Nixon

Director: Christopher Smith

Director: Christopher Smith
Screenwriter: Christopher Smith
Producer: Jason Newmark, Julie Baines, Chris Brown

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The film only makes some kind of sense on its own fantastic level.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/10/09
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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It's creepy, atmospheric stuff and at every twist of this Möbius strip we wonder how Smith will keep things going. But he manages it with considerable skill and we leave his picture suitably shaken.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
10/20/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The whole film is smart cinema. I wouldn’t be surprised if Smith didn’t land up with a contract in Hollywood.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
10/20/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

A satisfying mind-twister, with an unexpectedly poignant pay-off. You’ll see where it’s going quite early on, but it still keeps some shocks back for the final act.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/16/09
Empire Magazine
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Melissa George’s fearless, credible performance grounds the madness in a moving emotional reality, even as her sanity is lost at sea.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/16/09
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

Without question Smith's most mature film to date, and one of the best (and most bewildering) genre films of 2009.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/16/09
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

If you can get past its logical inconsistencies — and they are legion — it’s not bad.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
10/16/09
Toby Young
Toby Young
Times [UK]
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A rather smart, interestingly constructed scary movie from British director Christopher Smith.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/16/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Destined to become a fully-fledged classic of the horror genre.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
10/16/09
Ben Rawson-Jones
Ben Rawson-Jones
Digital Spy

A decent supernatural thriller undone by an unfortunate structural flaw.

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10/16/09
Chris Longridge
Chris Longridge
Heat Magazine

Choppy then, and prone to listing, but with Triangle Smith has come of age.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
10/16/09
Rob Daniel
Rob Daniel
Sky Movies

The story springs several leaks, but a cool concept, striking set-pieces and an outstanding central performance manage to keep Christopher Smith’s vessel afloat.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
10/16/09
Rosie Fletcher
Rosie Fletcher
Total Film

Triangle is one of the most ingeniously constructed horrors of recent years, and one you'll want to watch again to get your nicely baffled head around.

Full Review Source: Filmstar Magazine | comment Comment
10/16/09
Steve O'Brien
Steve O'Brien
Filmstar Magazine

Any director who can make a film that dares to be this expressionistic is a talent to watch.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
10/16/09
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

The real mystery, mind you, is how a film this dreadful ever got made.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
10/16/09
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

So many questions and not many answers as this proves to be a film stronger on suspense than satisfaction. Ultimately it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense but it is fairly intriguing while it lasts.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
10/16/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

Until a film-maker can square that circle of repetition, time loop movies will continue to bore.

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10/16/09
Sun Online
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Rackingly involving and, as corpses multiply, fearless of appearing penny-dreadful. Smith also made the loopy shocker Severance. This is becoming a body of work to watch.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
10/16/09
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

This seaborne psycho-thriller has an unusual creepiness about it.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
10/16/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Triangle is Smith's best film to date, a hugely enjoyable thriller with a great script and a career-best performance from Melissa George.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/16/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
 
 
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