The Dead Zone: Critic Reviews

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Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

80

Mr. Cronenberg's direction is vivid and effective; his pacing is a little unemphatic at times, but the film's individual scenes are very well staged.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

The Dead Zone does what only a good supernatural thriller can do: It makes us forget it is supernatural.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

By no means a bad film, just a disappointingly bland and superficial one.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

An accomplished psychological thriller.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Total Film

80

It's both moving and quietly unsettling as it builds towards a forceful climax.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Film4

This is a welcome straightforward adaptation/improvement of King's original, minus Cronenberg's visceral flourishes.
Full Review » 5 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

88

Arguably the best adaptation of a Stephen King novel.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kim Newman Empire Magazine

80

Cronenburg attempting a little mainstream with this Stephen King yarn and really pulling it off.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com

100

A thing of dark, twisted, ironic beauty.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Eric Henderson Slant Magazine

88

Don't let the fact that visible breath and frosty misery take priority over exploding heads and fetus-licking snow you.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

Cronenberg tells the story with measured strokes and a sure emotional touch as well as nifty blasts of horror.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Time Out

Cronenberg pulls it off, but you can't help feeling it's a movie in search of a TV series.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

80

Chilling.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com

75

A gripping thriller done with intelligence. One of the better film adaptations of Stephen King's work.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Clint Morris Moviehole

60

Walken revels in the lead....intriguing
Full Review » 7 years ago
Luke Y. Thompson New Times

100

The classic Walken role, by which all subsequent ones are measured. Possibly the best Stephen King adaptation too.
Full Review » 8 years ago
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk

63

The Dead Zone is not a story that is particularly suited to Cronenberg's fascination with, and adeptness at portraying, body horror...
Full Review » 8 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

67

Spurred on by Christopher Walken's sincerely moving and warm portrayal.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Alex Sandell Juicy Cerebellum

40

A dud.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Mark Palermo Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Dan Lybarger Nitrate Online

80

An unusually thoughtful and engrossing horror flick with a terrific performance by Walken.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

60

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Walter Chaw Film Freak Central

100

Isn't about anything really save the crushing disappointment of ambition and the unbearable lightness of being.
Full Review » 9 years ago