It always takes an outsider to make the grim but true parallels...

| Aug 21, 2023

The nightmare scenario of being buried alive has never had such a realistic portrayal in cinema.

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

[A] tightly plotted, tension-filled thriller which is best described as a cross between The Descent, Saw and Phone Booth.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 9, 2023

Buried looks at both confinement and abandonment, its successful examinations resting solely on the welding of the camera and on its leading star. Ryan Reynolds, whose ability to wield comedy and wit, delivers a deeply immersive performance.

| Jun 5, 2022

The premise alone might limit the appeal to general audiences, but director Rodrigo Cortes employs several clever plot twists to maximize the suspense.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 29, 2020

The viewer is stuck in the coffin with Reynolds, and we feel all the clostrophobia of it. But we also feel his frustration as he talks with people who don't seem to actually care about him and are more concerned about the "situation."

| Apr 9, 2020

... it's a brilliant gimmick - one that allows director Rodrigo Cortés to show off his entire repertoire of unusual camera angles.

| Nov 6, 2018

Director Rodrigo Cortés does a brilliant job of making one man in a coffin look interesting for an hour and a half by the clever use of angles, cranes and dolly shots that provide a sense of motion.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2018

... you will be so caught up in the movie that its surprisingly abrupt ending will leave you with your mouth agape.

| Original Score: A | Sep 9, 2017

Buried is a one of a kind experience that goes well beyond just a movie with a neat idea. It's a thriller that really works and is one of the best films I've seen all year.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 9, 2013

A nifty gimmick rarely translates into satisfying cinema, but Buried qualifies as an exception.

| Jun 20, 2013

With little more than one actor, a mobile phone, a (very full) Zippo and a few disembodied voices, director Rodrigo Cortés has created a 95-minute panic-attack-made-movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2012

Reynolds and Cortés deserve credit for their ambition and Buried is a tense but enjoyable experience for anyone interested in the core 'buried alive' concept.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 5, 2012

Director Rodrigo Cortes continually achieves the seemingly impossible.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 23, 2012

(...) Como ejercicio narrativo bastante claustrofóbico y moderadamente angustiante, tiene su atractivo. Gran parte del resultado es mérito del actor Ryan Reynolds.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 25, 2011

A brilliant genre thriller using space and perspective to confine us with the protagonist.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 15, 2011

This experiment in minimalist filmmaking succeeds in part because of the tight, controlled performance by one of 'People' magazine's sexiest men (buried) alive!

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 8, 2011

Conveys the intensity and introspective horror of its subject's extreme life-or-death circumstances far more authentically and grippingly than the similar, flashier and shallower 127 Hours.

| Original Score: B | Apr 14, 2011

Reynolds is riveting, and it's possible to appreciate Cortés's bravura cinematic accomplishment. But that'll come much later, after you catch your breath.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Buried may well be an allegory for the fates of so many Americans waylaid in sandier climes, but it works first and foremost as an experiential horror film -- the best of its kind in some time.

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