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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeBetween Berry’s committed performance and the film’s brisk cocktail of dread and adrenaline, Kidnap makes for a rousing, if ridiculous, ride.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweSpanish filmmaker Luis Prieto, who directed the 2012 remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher, adroitly leverages Berry’s familiar face and onscreen persona to consistently escalate tension, as DP Flavio Labiano and editor Avi Youabian construct their shots and action sequences to enable her to totally own the screen.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonTo be sure, Kidnap is unadulterated B-movie nonsense, but when it’s delivered with this level of trashy gusto, the pleasures are plentiful.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe implication is that Berry’s character, Karla Dyson, isn’t like other parents, and yet, what makes Kidnap so compelling is that she behaves exactly the way you think you might under the same circumstances.
- 60New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottThe bottom line is that, while Kidnap isn't without its hiccups, it's another fun bit of Berry badassery -- and certainly better than the film's rocky history to this point might suggest.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s a dopey but pulse-pounding B-movie.
- 50Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithUltimately, Kidnap is an efficient vehicle for the delivery of some lean action that's frequently weakened by a scarcely whip-smart script.
- 38Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughMaybe if the filmmakers suggested that these villains were once children with mothers themselves, it might have made their crime, and the chase that ensues, less one-dimensional.
- 38The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldThe Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldKidnap has a tossed-together sameness to it, like a salad made up only of tired lettuce.
- 16IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe Emoji Movie might have been a boring and brazenly cynical piece of corporate propaganda, but at least it had the courtesy to be offensive. Kidnap, on the other hand, doesn’t have the the courtesy to be much of anything.