38
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeIt wouldn't go so far as to say it feels like you went through Jeremy's ordeal for nothing, but I did wish I had come to know as much about Dorff's character as I did about the size and shape of his nostrils.
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayRidiculousness aside, though, Brake is reasonably impressive both as a performance piece and as an exercise in staging.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenBrake is a full-scale paranoid nightmare with back-to-back double-whammy endings.
- 40VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerMannion's script goes a bit too far in terms of twists, capping the third-act suspense with a plot U-turn, and then another, that leaves audiences feeling played. Worse, the final development loses credibility in retrospect, reducing the film to the level of an exercise in paranoia, effects and one actor's ability to hold attention for nearly 90 minutes.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierWhile we're meant to feel claustrophobic, we're not supposed to fight boredom, which kicks in quickly.
- 30Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonDorff's mannered Bruce Willis affect seems as insincere as the script, which helplessly loses credibility as info accrues and the narrative unpeels.
- 12Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerUntil its pair of ludicrous twist endings, which complicates its message and logistics in ways that make little sense, Gabe Torres's Brake plays like a more simplistic version of Buried tailored specifically to a hawkish right-wing crowd.