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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe Visit, M. Night Shyamalan's witty, crowd-jolting spook-house of an eleventh feature, is its writer-director's best movie since the tail-end of the last Clinton era. And it's the best studio horror flick in recent years, combining the but-what's-in-those-shadows? immersion of The Conjuring, James Wan's basement-wandering simulator, with the crack scripting and meta-cinematic surprises of Shyamalan's best early films.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenRefreshingly, this isn’t so much a found-footage movie – although it was backed by "Paranormal Activity" overseers Blumhouse Productions – as it is a completed faux documentary, complete with onscreen titles and a cripplingly hilarious end-credits sequence featuring Tyler being Tyler.
- 60New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottUnlike in some of his other recent films, Shyamalan never overreaches this time. Instead, he keeps things simple and focuses on the story at hand.
- 50Screen DailyCharles GantScreen DailyCharles GantA marketable slice of hit-and-miss mischief that doesn’t suggest a career rebirth so much as a larky side project that will yield more in the way of nervous laughter than quickened pulses.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA faintly-creepy, lightly amusing horror comedy that promises a surprise twist and a hint of heart.
- 40VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireShyamalan has long been criticized for serving up borderline (or downright) silly premises with a straight face and overtly pretentious atmosphere, but he basically abandons that approach here in favor of a looser, more playful dynamic between his fresh-faced leads.
- 40TheWrapJames RocchiTheWrapJames RocchiShyamalan has had some difficulties as a director of late, and it’s understandable to hope that by placing him back in the realm of lower budgets and more manageable expectations he could impress us yet again; that turns out not to be the case this time.
- 40Time OutTom HuddlestonTime OutTom HuddlestonA bizarre, conflicted mess, horrifying when it’s trying to be funny, oddly appealing when it turns the screws.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperIt’s a dopey, only mildly chilling, uneasy mix of horror and dark comedy, scoring few points in either category.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenM. Night Shyamalan’s latest is well cast and strong on setting. But the dull thudding that resounds isn’t part of its effective aural design; it’s the ungainly landing of nearly every shock and joke.