The Cell (2000) Critic Reviews

It's one of the best films of the year.Read the full review

Tarsem uses the dramatically shallow plot to create a dream world densely packed with images of beauty and terror that cling to the memory even if you don't want them to.Read the full review

Many of the film's images will prove more than some viewers can take.Read the full review

The Cell is foremost about singular imagery, a succession of still pictures strung together frame by frame.Read the full review

Mr. Singh may have an artist's temperament, and he shows signs of being a directorRead the full review

Riveting in its low way. It traffics in imagery profoundly disturbing.Read the full review

There's so little action or suspense that this Cell isn't too likely to multiply itself into a sequel.Read the full review

A slender story that's not particularly suspenseful or involving, resulting in a movie that's a feast to the eye but not much for the intellect.Read the full review

Serves up some of the most gruesomely misogynistic imagery in years, then ends with a bid for understanding. Are its makers so deluded that they think they're making the world a more compassionate place?Read the full review