Variety
Devil is nothing very special or original, but it gets the job done briskly and economically.
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Devil (2010)
Devil is a supernatural thriller based on a story by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs). It's about a group of people trapped in an elevator. One of them is the Devil, but which one? The cast includes Julia & Julia's Chris Messina.
This film forms the first chapter of the so-called 'Night Chronicles' – a trilogy of Shyamalan supernatural thrillers. The second film has also been announced: Twelve Strangers, due for a 2011 release, about a jury debating a case with supernatural occurrences.
201080 minsUSA
HorrorThriller
- Director:
- Drew Dowdle (feature debut)John Erick Dowdle ('Quarantine', 'The Poughkeepsie Tapes')
- Writer:
- M. Night ShyamalanBrian Nelson
- Cast:
- Chris MessinaGeoffrey ArendCaroline DhavernasBojana NovakovicLogan Marshall-GreenJacob Vargas
Devil (2010) / Reviews
The New York Times
A 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.
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The Guardian
Do not expect to make any sense of the plot of The Devil's Own - this is about as far from an intelligent analysis of the situation in Northern Ireland (as responsibly dealt with by Michael Collins or In The Name Of The Father) as it's possible to get.
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Do not expect to make any sense of the plot of The Devil's Own - this is about as far from an intelligent analysis of the situation in Northern Ireland (as responsibly dealt with by Michael Collins or In The Name Of The Father) as it's possible to get.
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Empire Magazine
While the script throws a few spiritual contrivances our way, it's a fun and tense watch and a promising start for the 'Shyamalan Presents' marque.
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Dominion Post
"From the mind of M Night Shyamalan" is the line on the poster, which instantly had my hopes hoisted high that I was off to see a truly lousy film.
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Christchurch Press
Like Lucifer himself, M Night Shyamalan has had a massive fall from grace.
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