…if most of Shyamalan’s films take a long time to get to laughable punchlines, Devil is quite the opposite, rushing headlong through all manner of crazy plot-points and red-herring characters...an ideal streaming time-passer, short and packed with twists

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2024

Unlike something such as The Exorcist, which will scare the bejesus out of you no matter what you believe, this PG-13 horror film doesn’t give its audience or its characters enough cause to buy its central gimmick.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 3, 2023

Perhaps the problem with M. Night Shyamalan is that he thought his talent was greater than what it was and believed his hokey stories could stretch to feature length.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 20, 2021

It's difficult if not impossible to take any of it seriously.

| Original Score: 1.5/4.0 | Sep 6, 2020

Devil isn't really scary, the acting stinks, and it's not that clever, but you can rest knowing that the culprit isn't a hand puppet.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 9, 2017

A taut, expert and engrossing thriller with sense of visual restraint that is refreshing in this age of abhorrent overexposure.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 7, 2014

Devil features nothing new, exciting or suspenseful. Instead, it gives us shallowly developed characters and an ultimately forgettable story.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 11, 2013

The characters are unlikable and annoying but the suspense built up is very real, making "Devil" a thriller worth checking out.

| Original Score: 3.0/5 | Jan 6, 2013

It always makes me apprehensive to see a movie that was not screened for critics in advance. "Devil" looked like it could have been an interesting film, but [it turns out] the lack of faith was justified.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 23, 2012

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 24, 2011

Although it doubtless will find more success in the DVD market, on the big screen Devil makes for bland viewing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2011

Nonsensical to the point that every element doesn't hold up to the least bit of scrutiny.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 14, 2011

This movie's job was to whip up a little fear and/or suspense, but it must have escaped through a crack in the elevator doors.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Circling wildly within the film's main set -- a stalled elevator car -- or hurtling up and down an empty shaft, Mr. Fujimoto's camera is as giddy as a tween at a Justin Bieber concert.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Un ejercicio de suspenso sobrenatural bastante efectivo, sobre todo en su primera parte, aunque lleno de lugares comunes más bien irritantes. Y, sobre todo, con la reiterada pretensión evangelizadora que inunda el cine de M. Night Shyamalan...

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

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 25, 2011

[M]ost of its promise is squandered through inept scripting and a failure to indulge a self-aware enthusiasm for its B-movie concept.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 10, 2011

An effective locked-in-the-box thriller.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Jan 14, 2011

An excellent and often intense peak in to the battle of good and evil...

| Jan 6, 2011

For a small package, it conjures up some effective ideas and scares, as well as some terrific atmospheric moments.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 4, 2011