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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeBrazilian director Afonso Poyart (“Two Rabbits”) proves quite effective at building and sustaining a grim sense of suspense throughout.
- The good news is that the movie is half decent. The caveat is that it could have been a lot better.
- 60Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThis paranormal cops-versus-serial-killer procedural is never not ridiculous, but it's often entertaining as well.
- 60Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe plot of Solace is ultimately too generic — and too silly — to take seriously, which is probably why the film’s taken so long to come out. But it has style, and throwback appeal.
- 40New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasNew York Daily NewsEdward DouglasThe FBI once again calls upon Anthony Hopkins to help them find a serial killer in Solace. Even though he isn't playing Hannibal Lecter this time, he's still the best thing going for this mostly dull film.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisStaggeringly silly and visually disordered.
- 25Slant MagazineSlant MagazineIt joylessly coopts the hoariest stylistic tics and narrative tropes from your run-of-the-mill 1990s thriller.
- 25The Seattle TimesKatie WalshThe Seattle TimesKatie WalshThe film is ponderous, the performances mostly subdued.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis could be one of those rare and terrifying serial killer cases where the psychotic culprit apparently intends to bore and embarrass everyone to death with bad acting.