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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe use of 2:35 wide screen paradoxically increases the effect of claustrophobia. I would not like to be buried alive.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThis exercise in racked nerves makes most of the year's thrillers look like flailing maniacs by comparison.
- 80VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonIn purely cinematic terms, Buried, set in late 2006, is an ingenious exercise in sustained tension that would make Alfred Hitchcock turn over in his grave.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe movie's real asset is Reynolds himself, utilizing his comedy chops for unexpected levity.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayBuried is as much about dropped calls, getting sent to voicemail, and being openly lied to by our institutions as it about being buried alive by terrorists.
- 70Boxoffice MagazineAmy NicholsonBoxoffice MagazineAmy NicholsonThe best parts of Sparling's script play like an absurdist snuff film.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe political angle is gratuitous, even foolish, and certainly a distraction from the movie's visual strengths.
- 50Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallAs a cautionary tale about the perils of nation building, this is both creepy and provocative, but director Rodrigo Cortés blows it in the last few minutes with a rushed ending that feels like a cheat after all the escalating tension.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceRodrigo Cortes keeps the action bound to the box, limiting his lighting to naturalistic approximations, so that much of Reynolds's performance consists of him grunting and heaving in the dark.