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P2 (2007) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give P2 (2007) a score of 1.7259 out of 4

based on (79) reviews

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Excellent

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(15)

Good

(40)

Fair

(22)

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Reviews by Score:

Horror.Com (Staci Layne Wilson)

P2 is gory, scary, creepy, gripping, and sometimes ridiculous (in the sublime sense). What more can any horror fan ask for in their Christmas stalking? ...read the complete P2 movie review at Horror.Com (Staci Layne Wilson)

New York Times (Jeannette Catsoulis)

Swift and stealthy P2 is a canny exploitation of one of the urban woman's greatest fears: the after-hours parking garage. ...read the complete P2 movie review at New York Times (Jeannette Catsoulis)

Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)

Wes Bentley...may be a tad over the top as a sociopathic parking attendant, but the paces he puts his victim through are cleverly thought out (one impossibility excepted) and continually rachet up the tension. ...read the complete P2 movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"P2" takes a tiny cast, a basic premise, a dark and limited locale, and a title that initially seems nonsensical, and comes up with an under-the-radar little thriller that's killer. The preposterously complicated "Saw IV" could've learned something ...read the complete P2 movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)

Goofy even when he's being grotesque, Bentley turns P2 into a comedy without going so far as to make fun of it. ...read the complete P2 movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

If you have seen the ads for "P2," or even heard about them, you know what the movie involves. A woman works late in the office on Christmas Eve, leaves after everyone else, descends to parking level P2 to get her car, finds it won't start and then meets ...read the complete P2 movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)

Has quite a bit going for it, which makes its eventual reliance on inane genre gimmicks that much more disappointing. ...read the complete P2 movie review at Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)

The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (Andrew Wright)

P2, the latest gut-burbler from the guys behind High Tension and the revamped The Hills Have Eyes, doesn't exactly advance the tormented-woman/torture-porn genreâ��think Red Eye with twice the gore and triple the dumbâ��but some above-the-call performance ...read the complete P2 movie review at The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (Andrew Wright)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)

... a well-tooled premise executed with surprising restraint, at least compared to the gore-centric sadism of the current crop of horror films. ...read the complete P2 movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Franck Khalfoun, in his debut as a director, gets stuck along with his cast of only a few in a drab and claustrophobic pic that's set entirely in a Manhattan underground parking garage during Christmas Eve (the modest budgeted film was shot in Toronto). ...read the complete P2 movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

P2 is an entertaining little horror flick that undoubtedly benefits from the inclusion of a few appreciatively nasty kill sequences, as the movie is ultimately unable to live up to the promise of its admittedly dynamite premise. Starring Rachel Nichols ...read the complete P2 movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

The building empties until she's virtually alone, and when she finally enters her car in the subterranean parking garage, it won't start. Enter Thomas, the smiling, helpful security guard, who jokes that she should ditch her plans to see her family and ...read the complete P2 movie review at Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

The Hollywood Reporter

"P2" exploits all sorts of paranoia experienced by urban dwellers: Fears about cars that won't start in underground garages; office buildings that lock people inside after hours; cell phones that get no service when they're needed the most; 911 calls put ...read the complete P2 movie review at The Hollywood Reporter

The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)

Routine but skillful, "P2" is a minimalist horror-thriller that takes a bare-bones premise and uses it to string up a series of escalatingly tense situations. Like 2005's airplane-set "Red Eye," first-time writer-director Franck Khalfoun places a ...read the complete P2 movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Despite its clumsy flaws, the new thriller P2, which takes place entirely in a parking garage on Christmas Eve, has one or two worthwhile ideas. Newcomer director Franck Khalfoun, along with his more experienced co-writer and producer Alexandre Aja ...read the complete P2 movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

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