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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100EmpireCaroline WestbrookEmpireCaroline WestbrookThis, the debut feature from acclaimed TV director Danny Boyle, is the best British thriller for years, a chilling and claustrophobic heart-stopper centring on a moral dilemma destined to fuel many a dinner party conversation.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannIn his big-screen directing debut, British film maker Danny Boyle demonstrates wit, intelligence and economy of style.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis is a fairly accomplished first feature -perky, visually inventive, and unusually nast
- 78Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleBoyle, MacDonald, and Hodge honed this wonderful coupling of music, visuals, and clever words, as well as a strange affection for toy babies, in their first film.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliTaken as a whole, Shallow Grave is a reasonably enjoyable (for those captivated by this sort of thing) black comedy/noir thriller that justifies at least a portion of the praise being heaped upon it from overseas.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyScott BrownEntertainment WeeklyScott BrownDanny Boyle's glittering, deadpan, nihilistic little thriller.
- 63San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerSmart and unsentimental as it is, Shallow Grave is more than a little forbidding.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAll of the materials are in place for a film that might have pleased Orwell. But somehow they never come together.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis pitch-black comedy is less lurid than its title, but director Danny Boyle ultimately fritters away his psychologically rich story in a horror-flick finale.
- 50Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonBoyle's characters, too, are young and fresh and promisingly rude - especially McGregor's Alex - but they become less and less interesting as the movie progresses.