A well-crafted jack-in-the-box toy that is more frightening in its ratcheted apprehension of what is to come than in the ultimate outcome.
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08/18/07
Them (2007)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:32
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Suspenseful and tense from start to finish, the French horror film Them proves that a lack of gore doesn't mean a dearth of scares.
Theatrical Release:26-01-2007
Synopsis: Somewhere in Romania; Clementine is finishing her day of teaching the local kids French. On her way home she spots an abandoned vehicle beside the road. She continues on unaware of what happened to... [More]
Reviews for Them
Its spareness is its strength. There's no time wasted and no showy effects to detract from the situation -- just sheer tension.
08/17/07
There are moments in Them that are as powerful as anything in the genre in the last few years.
08/17/07
The movie Them revels in atmosphere, using long unbroken takes and ambient sound to lull you into complacency before unleashing nerve-jangling shocks.
08/17/07
Top CriticIf you want an hour or so of terror, put your faith in Them.
08/17/07
77 grueling minutes
08/16/07
If you're going to imply that a French couple being terrorized in a remote Romanian mansion adds up to something more than an arbitrary (and rather repetitive) don't-go-in-the-basement thriller, then you'd better deliver the goods.
08/15/07
Not a classic, but as a one-time theatrical experience it should scare the pee out of anyone.
08/12/07
Them isn't all that.
08/10/07
One of the least understood movie monsters is the pronoun.
08/05/07
Lensed with skill to no particular end.
07/14/07
Top CriticThe directors have thoroughly soaked up the best of its countless predecessors, elevating Ils to highly effective and atmospheric genre entertainment.
07/12/07
It breezes by and slaps you with some ice water and then scurries right out of the room.
03/20/07
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