Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009) by Grayson D — 05 Jul 2011

Strange horror/thriller which is never completly a sucsess but is interesting enough and it looks very good.

This review of A Perfect Getaway (2009) was written by Grayson D on 05 Jul 2011.

A Perfect Getaway has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of A Perfect Getaway

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 06 Feb 2018

Twohy serves up a hard-to-swallow second-act twist and an unconvincing back story, but the slightly overlong A Perfect Getaway recovers with…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for TheHorrorShow (174) on 27 Aug 2015

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

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By David M (3,086) on 31 Aug 2015

I'd be lying if I said the twist near the end didn't have me stumped, then again my brain always struggles to root for characters after spending…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Parzival-Zee (8) on 18 Jun 2020

Absolutely underrated movie! Fantastic acting by Timothy Olyphant specifically…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 27 Jul 2019

Like another reviewer, I guessed the twist within the first 5 minutes. It was almost too easy to spot if you paid attention enough…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By John Anderson (1,358) for Washington Post (9,851) on 20 Apr 2017

While A Perfect Getaway, like The Sixth Sense, recaps itself, to indicate to the audience what they may have missed (and when), there seems…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Laura S (609) on 01 May 2015

I went to see this in the theater. I thought it would be okay, nothing special... but, why not? I actually enjoyed it more than I thought…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Dingleberry P (18) on 08 Oct 2016

Apart from a single good twist, this is cliché-ridden, badly scripted garbage…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By William M (1,438) on 02 Nov 2017

This wasn't as smart or as scary as it thought it was. Was expecting a much better ending than I got…

Read Review

Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Muldjord (58) on 16 Aug 2021

Apparently I am that one person who didn't have a clue as to the plot twist and it hit me like a tonne of bricks when it happened…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Anaconda (1997)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 28 Oct 1999

If only director Luis Llosa and his cast could see the joke and seize upon it; instead, like its computer-morphed snake, the film doesn't have…

Read Review

Review of Thesis (1996)

By Bruce B (1,130) on 07 Aug 2013

First 48 Minutes were so bad, I threw it back in the mail to Netflix. 1 star 7-16-2013…

Read Review

Review of Dead Ringers (1988)

By Jayakrishnan R (1,070) on 06 Sep 2016

22% Saw this on 2/9/16 This could be Crorenberg's worst as it is one of the most meaningless films I've ever seen…

Read Review

Review of Red Corner (1997)

By J K (1,547) on 17 May 2007

Pure political commentary from a celebrity who wouldn't know politics from a hole in the wall…

Read Review

Review of One Hour Photo (2002)

By Entertain Me O (186) on 13 Jul 2013

Williams' character Sy expresses some truths to life about pictures. This made the movie interesting…

Read Review

Review of Man on Fire (2004)

By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 25 Dec 2015

Man on Fire is ponderous and bloated, dragging the Bible and Giannini into its swirling cesspool…

Read Review

Review of Red Dragon (2002)

By Felix Vasquez Jr. (1,949) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 28 Apr 2009

A surprisingly good and entertaining finisher…

Read Review

Review of 11:14 (2004)

By Wet Wire (13) on 16 Sep 2009

Cannot believe how well received this piece of crap was. It's been done many times before, and done better every single time…

Read Review

Review of Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

By Sherrie S (7) on 15 Dec 2016

Horribly tedious. Couldn't wait to get out of the theater. Some plays are better left as plays…

Read Review

Review of Menace II Society (1993)

By Prinzo10 (4) on 09 Feb 2020

As a black man, I have to rate this film poorly. It depicts everything we shouldn't be…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

A Perfect Getaway

2009

61%774 Reviews

Grown Ups

2010

53%914 Reviews

Smart People

2008

58%615 Reviews

Reality

2015

71%66 Reviews

Stargate: Continuum

2008

74%433 Reviews

Swimming

2000

59%27 Reviews

Hero

2002

82%660 Reviews

Dr. Giggles

1992

53%155 Reviews

The Hitcher

2007

51%504 Reviews

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

63%649 Reviews