The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Critic Reviews

Rather than exhilaration, this bilious film offers only entrapment and despair. It's about as much fun as sitting in on an autopsy. Read the full review

The film delivers with enough consistency to warrant a qualified recommendation for those seeking a few extra scares at this time of the year. Read the full review

Seems to understand its source material, but has no idea how to improve on it. Read the full review

There's nothing wrong with remakes, but as this movie amply proves, there's often nothing right about them, eitherRead the full review

This particular reconceptualization actually does an impressive job of capturing the nasty dread of the original. It certainly is a vast improvement over those previous remakes/sequels.Read the full review

The new version has a few jolts, some occasionally effective smoke-and-mirrors photography and a lead (7th Heaven's Jessica Biel) who could teach a grad course on walking provocatively in blue jeans. Read the full review

The gruesomely unnecessary remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is such a smorgasbord of slimy grunge that to call the movie gross wouldn't do it justice -- it's downright sticky. Read the full review

The remaining twisted population that likes this kind of movie will enjoy a horror film that is surprisingly stylish.Read the full review

Chainsaw is produced by Michael Bay (Bad Boys I and II), which explains its soullessness. But nothing explains the flaw in this bad boy: How can a movie scare you when you’ve seen it all before?Read the full review