Solace, a film that had the foundation in place to be an OK movie only to squander it all on recycled tropes and strained dialogue and clichéd twists.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 13, 2019

Solace will certainly come and go from the pop culture conversation in the blink of an eye.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 1, 2018

But then nobody brings a touch of class to nonsense quite like Hopkins, an actor who can make the most bizarre of lines seem plausible.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2018

Hopkins remains watchable, but despite a supporting cast that includes Colin Farrell, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Abbie Cornish, this overblown, parapsychological thriller gets sillier the longer it goes on, and eventually becomes tedious.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 26, 2017

Anthony Hopkins really is a prime example of that rare breed of actor whose magnetic presence can lift a film a few notches. With Colin Farrell also on board, the film boasts a strong cast that makes you wonder why the film bypassed cinemas here.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 27, 2017

Though it has a decent premise and a great cast, this supernatural thriller can't seem to overcome its crushingly mediocre screenwriting and filmmaking techniques. It's highly forgettable.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 19, 2017

Similarities and connections are one thing, but Solace seems to grasp at straws and force-link everything when it isn't necessary. Solace is this damaged and lackluster film that sometimes tip-toes in the category of a beautiful disaster.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 15, 2017

Solace isn't a Silence of the Lambs sequel in which Hopkins gets to reprise the role of Hannibal Lecter. But he comes pretty damn close in this ludicrous murder mystery, which is stuck somewhere between a bad season of Dexter and a dated crime flick.

| Jan 4, 2017

Solace is one of those films that is just average at best across the board.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Jan 1, 2017

The film plays a lot like too-little-too-late, a sometimes-clever thriller with a couple of performances that rise above the material.

| Original Score: C | Dec 20, 2016

SOLACE may not be the movie you rush out to theatres to see, but it is hard not to at the very least give it a chance, especially if you are a fan of the cast.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 18, 2016

One of those dark and plodding serial killer flicks that feels like it has come plodding out of 1995.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 17, 2016

The whole enterprise ends up as soulless as it is silly.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 16, 2016

I'm deeply envious of Anthony Hopkins' future seeing abilities. If only I had his powers I could have avoided wasting my time with this terrible psychic serial killer drivel.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Dec 16, 2016

The directorial pyrotechnics keep Solace from "dragging" in a narrative sense; the very real boredom it nonetheless elicits is more existential.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 16, 2016

This silly potboiler might have been more at home on the small screen as a high-concept episode of a police procedural.

| Dec 16, 2016

A frustratingly flat effort, and one carried along by an Anthony Hopkins performance where the actor's lights are visibly switched off, creating a dramatic gap where urgency usually resides.

| Original Score: D+ | Dec 15, 2016

Staggeringly silly and visually disordered, this unfortunate misfire has been kicking around Europe and elsewhere for a couple of years under different titles, and it's easy to see why.

| Dec 15, 2016

As leftovers go, "Solace" retains a fair amount of flavor, thanks to high-end ingredients.

| Dec 15, 2016

This paranormal cops-versus-serial-killer procedural is never not ridiculous, but it's often entertaining as well ...

| Dec 14, 2016