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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Guaranteed to keep you on tenterhooks from beginning to end - and without much gore. Dowdle and company trade in the usual trappings of the genre for a tantalizing blend of tension, suspense, and mystery.
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThe great cinematographer Tak Fujimoto has the time of his life on this low-budget horror feature, playing with dolly shots, abrupt zooms, and negative space inside the widescreen frame, and the fun is infectious.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyBoxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyThere are a sufficient number of jolts thanks to quick edits and sound effects, plus the script's efficient structure.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyDevil is nothing very special or original, but it gets the job done briskly and economically.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzEntertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzA pocket-size supernatural thriller that plays a bit like Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" retold by an unstable Sunday School teacher.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreDevil is the sort of story Rod Serling would have taken for a spin in "The Twilight Zone," back in the day. Shyamalan came up with the idea, produced it and got others to script and direct this 76 minute exercise in movie minimalism.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA serviceable burst of high-end hokum, Devil classes up a flimsy, religion-themed plot (by M. Night Shyamalan) with the kind of limber cinematography only someone like Tak Fujimoto can deliver.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDevil will do little to dispel the growing belief that Shyamalan is a one-trick pony whose horse has keeled over. The laughter during the trailer was sadly prescient; the film is a joke.
- 30MovielineMovielineDevil packs a lot of business into 80 brisk minutes but is shockingly short on fun or fright.
- 25The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasPerhaps someday, in the greatest twist of all, Shyamalan will be remembered as the Hitchcock of the early 21st century. Until then, movies like Devil will be misunderstood as schlock.