Dallas Observer by Robert Wilonsky

Identity is an outright blast, so fun it's--pardon--scary.

Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach

The film mixes the psychological with the supernatural, the profane with the ridiculous, the self-indulgent with the understated, and dares you to assume anything. It's all great fun.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

What starts out as a seemingly-routine excursion into genre clichés emerges into a more complex and satisfying arena than most viewers will anticipate.

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

So ingeniously constructed that these meta-noir ingredients feel dizzyingly enjoyable, never hackneyed. In fact, the overheated melodrama of Identity is crucial to its method -- and the key, in some ways, to its narrative secrets.

Washington Post by Stephen Hunter

Something fresh, clever and confident.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

It's not art, but it's fun artfully done. And as long as you're paying less than the price of a cheapo motel for the night, it's worth checking into.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Fine escapist fare with a saving sense of humor and an underlying premise that, when revealed, proves to be arguably plausible even if a reach.

L.A. Weekly by John Powers

Cooney's achingly clever script has more up its sleeve than just Agatha Christie -- he also evokes "Psycho," "The Sixth Sense," "Poltergeist" and "The Omen" -- and the final third dishes up a twist that isn't just surprising, it's revealing

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

Managed to pull the rug out from under me about three-quarters of the way through, and I still hadn't found my feet when the credits rolled.

Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

Far and away the most original thriller to come out of a major studio (in this case Columbia Pictures) in a long while.