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Softcore horror at best, failed allegory at worst, Mirrors reflects little beyond Splat Pack auteur Alexandre Aja's desire to push his genre into less punishing and more profitable territory.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Chicago Reader by Andrea Gronvall
Director Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension, The Hills Have Eyes) keeps the suspense tight for most of the movie, only to fritter it away in an overblown ending.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
This remake of a South Korean movie ultimately provides fewer scares than the average aging baby boomer feels every time they look into a reflective surface.
25
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The gore is so badly done that it's borderline comical and poor lighting passes for "atmosphere."
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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
A minor chiller and major downer from the talented Alexandre Aja.
63
Actually a marked improvement over the plodding and confusing original.
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Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
An effective sound design enhances several of the film's sudden frights, and Sutherland, who appears in almost every scene, is a predictably solid presence.
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The film looks to do for reflective surfaces what "Amityville 4" did for killer lamps.
25
At nearly two hours, Mirrors is overlong for a summer horror toss-off, and the movie's three or four false endings make it seem even more of a haul.