Push: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 15 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 124 reviews

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Julian Roman MovieWeb (Top Critic)

40

A sci-fi thriller with a lot of science fiction and zero thrills.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

42

A weightless, style-driven thriller set in a photogenically chaotic Hong Kong.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times (Top Critic)

50

As far as I can tell, the only ability in short supply is acting.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Xan Brooks Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

20

In time this would-be thriller comes to rest with a fist fight, a hanging ending and the implicit promise of a sequel. Of all the calamities that Fanning predicts, Push 2 is one she missed.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

50

A silly movie that is partially engrossing and plenty convoluted.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Dan Zak Washington Post (Top Critic)

It's the perfect brain vacation for those overtaxed by Oscar-nominated movies.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)

38

Not much of it makes sense. The rest isn't terribly interesting.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Aaron Hillis Village Voice (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
Joe Neumaier New York Daily News (Top Critic)

40

Just as it's getting impossible to tell the superpowered humans without a scorecard, along comes Push to muddy the waters.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

38

Push has vibrant cinematography and decent acting, but I'm blasted if I know what it's about.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

75

A trippy, nonstop action fest, with the feel of a really good episode of Heroes.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

50

It should give us the willies, but it's willy-nilly.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

17

One long mistake from start to finish, this is a film that never gets its rhythms or bearing right.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Derek Elley Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 1 year ago
Robert Koehler Variety (Top Critic)

A confused jumble of parts in search of a whole.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Kyle Smith New York Post (Top Critic)

38

A grubby cut-price sci-fi thriller.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

40

It's an ambitious attempt to shove the whole of a fairly complex comic book universe into a single messy and garish movie.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Laremy Legel Film.com (Top Critic)

42

Full Review » 1 year ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Suggestive of X-Men, The Matrix and the television show Heroes, Push is one of those time-mangling thrillers that manages to seem both complicated and superficial.
Full Review » 3 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

The film is blessed with a frenetic pace that simultaneously accomplishes two things: it keeps the energy level high while obfuscating some of the most obvious logical flaws in the plot's structure.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Michael Rechtshaffen Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Director Paul McGuigan and screenwriter David Boula are content to rely on the usual suspects, taking their visual and dramatic cues from other, more clever and involving sci-fi capers.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Glenn Whipp Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

30

By the time the credits roll, your most fervent wish is to run into a 'wiper' (one who can erase memories).
Full Review » 3 years ago
Dave White Movies.com

40

Full Review » 1 year ago
Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com

9

Push is an empty calorie extravaganza and demands a crooked concentration it doesn't earn to sufficiently piece this mess together.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Sam Bathe Fan The Fire

40

Set and filmed on location in bustling Hong Kong, the tight urban street and winding alleyways suit the film perfectly, but this is not enough to save Push from the Oscar season garbage dump.
Full Review » 2 years ago