Utterly wafer-thin fluff – thinking too much, trying to retroactively fit its twist into the film's earlier moments, or discern motives and intention, will cause the whole thing to dissolve. A Perfect Getaway is a trashy, brain-relaxing treat.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 7, 2024

You won’t be able to deny how engrossed you were throughout, how well Twohy keeps you guessing, or how realistic the characters feel for a time.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 4, 2023

Like most capable suspense films, the anticipation for shocks and instantaneous turns are surrounded by humor.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 29, 2020

Almost becomes too hip for its own good.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 19, 2020

The intimacy of A Perfect Getaway can be read as Twohy's response to his adventures in mega-budget moviemaking, as can its smartly self-reflexive references to the craft of storytelling itself.

| Aug 9, 2019

There's always something to be said for a psycho-thriller that delivers interesting characters in a cool setting.

| Aug 28, 2015

The film is not a total loss due to its interesting use of suspense and its tactic of placing suspicion on every character. While it's not one of the best thrillers out there, you could easily do worse.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 24, 2012

Far from a perfect film, but it is a lot of fun. In the tradition of old-fashioned thrillers, the movie has some nice twists and turns in the plot.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

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| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2011

A riveting horror-thriller that should do for hiking in Hawaii what Hostel did for backpacking in Slovakia.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2010

Twohy's script dares and succeeds in peppering the dialogue with funny insider references to Hollywood scripts and actors.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 13, 2010

Twohy lets his story's central guessing game play out with patient tautness.

| Original Score: B | Mar 1, 2010

A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are worth waiting for through an audaciously long buildup.

Full Review | Dec 18, 2009

A slight film, slight in its surprises and in its suspense, and yet not totally devoid of either.

| Dec 17, 2009

A cunning, sideways-sneaking genre piece with both the fancy to surprise audiences and the adroit filmmaking to do so

| Sep 4, 2009

It works because it's smart, knows it's smart, announces to us that it's smart - then backs off and lets the suspense and dark comedy mix.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2009

Writer-director David Twohy (Pitch Black) serves up mechanical thrills culminating in a bogus twist ending

| Aug 20, 2009

Twohy seems to think the eventual revelation is clever enough to be worth the price of admission by itself. It isn't. To give better value, he should have souped up the cartoonish violence of the final scenes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 17, 2009