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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt's unique, powerful stuff.
- 80Total FilmTotal FilmBy turns dynamic, dangerous and bursting with passion, Out In The Dark is a stark, swoonsome romantic drama.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyIn Mayer’s assured hands, a drama that could easily have become schematic instead pulses with urgency, longing and raw feeling, morphing smoothly in its final third into a lean thriller.
- 80Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe movie is involving, the romance affecting, the sex sound, and the catch-as-catch-can handheld camerawork smartly appropriate for the scenario.
- The suspenseful love story Out in the Dark isn't a political film by any stretch, but the intrigue and prejudices of the Arab-Israeli conflict certainly fuel the romance and thrills of this entertaining, taut movie.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenEven though the plot defies credibility at several points, Out in the Dark is gripping.
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonA sometimes over-simplified but often affecting look at forbidden love.
- 60The GuardianHenry BarnesThe GuardianHenry BarnesThere's romance and tragedy, but little depth and no nuance.
- 50Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneInstead of looking for depth or verisimilar romance, director Michael Mayer turns his characters into mere cogs in a pseudo-suspenseful thriller.
- 40Time OutTime OutAbout 45 minutes in, the film’s uneasy détente between subtlety and movie machinery fails outright, as heretofore shown-not-told themes are spelled out — “You forget where you live!” yell family members on both sides — and the paramours try to outrun violence and structural contrivance.