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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA smart, stylish horror picture that offers a fresh twist on the ever-reliable revenge theme and affords a raft of talented young actors solid roles that show them to advantage.
- 50Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorLightweight slasher.
- 38USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]A nose-bleeding mass murderer wears a mask that suggests Roger Ebert is knocking off a group of lifelong female friends.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe slasher-movie genre may never die, but can't its perpetrators think up variations more clever than this by-the-numbers rehash?
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThe dreary, direct-to-video quality of the script, acting and cinematography in this latest entry seemed to inspire more yawns than screams, and not a few titters.
- 20TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghDirector Jamie Blanks "Urban Legend" appears to be carving himself a career making slasher movies for a new generation; unfortunately, he's in no way improving on the originals.
- 10L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmHighly reductive and deathly dull slasher flick.
- 10The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottIt feels like both a joke and a turkey.
- 10Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesValentine simply mines the same tired, predictable slasher-movie vein as everything else he's (Blanks) done thus far. Send this one back unopened.
- 0New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanLacking the requisite post-"Scream" irony, the film is simply a package of gougings, stabbings, drillings and guttings, all tied up with a "twist" ending that anyone with a still-functioning brain could figure out in a matter of minutes.