65
Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyAn intelligent, insidiously plotted Hitchcockian thriller directed in souped-up, modern expressionistic style.
- 80L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonDespite its flaws, Arlington Road romps home as an absorbing, unpredictable thriller.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamAlthough it takes something of a slog to get there, this thriller finally comes through where it counts.
- 70Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghIf you don't ponder too much the script's muddled, self-serving influences, Arlington Road succeeds at discomforting a viewer and making one apt to look over one's shoulder for a day or two.
- 70Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlBefore it finally twists itself into a pretzel in the third act, this paranoid thriller creates a scary mood and allows its leading actors to go all the way with it.
- 67Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisAmidst the rubble of political rhetoric that underlies Arlington Road, one thing is clear: The enemy is us.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA classy but over-contrived topical thriller about bomb plots and anti-government groups.
- 60Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimThe mode is hysteric-Hitchcockian, the result mostly devoid of suspense.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA successful thriller makes you forget such impossibilities, but here they poison every scene.
- 10Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsThis masterpiece started out at around three stars, but after the credits, it just got sillier and more lurid.