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20
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Critic Score

44
Critics' score based on 17 reviews.
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A terrible movie full of cliches, tired story lines borrowed from other films, a "twist" that could be seen a mile off. Not worth spending a dime on. This was a Hollywood... slap it together and hope Liam Neson can carry it to making a few bucks. Liam, I'm ashamed you wasted your talent on this total dog. Full Review

March 9, 2011
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Critic Reviews

Music video director Simon Brand makes an impressively taut debut with Unknown, a nifty little psychological crime thriller that suggests a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" for the postindustrial age.Full Review

Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

Brand has assembled a cast of world class improvisers, yet doesn't take advantage of their own particularized, inflected rhythms, as each ritualistically experiences a jump-cut fragmentary flashback in front of the same bathroom mirror.Full Review

Ronnie Scheib
Variety

Unknown is punchy and entertaining. Maybe not the sort of thing you'd want to spend $10 plus a mortgage for popcorn on, but a nifty surprise on DVD several months from now -- or on pay-cable on-demand right now.Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Despite a clever script and top-notch cast, whose commitment to doing service in the indie branch of the industry is commendable, Unknown falls apart just when it should be coming together.Full Review

Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

It all comes together at the end, logically and with a twist. But it's not a game that allows the audience to play along. When the story is controlled by whatever memories the writer and director choose to put in the characters' heads, you're always on the outside looking in.Full Review

Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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