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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 70% Fresh Page   1   3.5/5 "Vacancy enjoys a cracking pace, all thrills and no frills, leaving viewers barely enough time to catch their breath let alone to dwell on the odd hole in the plot."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel A- "Vacancy is bracing, blissfully succinct, and rip-the-armrest-off terrifying; it's worth every blood-smeared minute of your time."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "We are given time in the beginning to understand the situation [the main characters] are in, but there's no real identity beyond what they mean to each other."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin C- "Even for a trashy little hide-and-seek movie, "Vacancy" is a disappointing excursion."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The movie is 80 minutes of mostly entertaining tension, punctuated by violence engineered by a creep using criminally outdated technology."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "...the film achieves exactly the sort of fun, fast-paced vibe that both Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino were undoubtedly going for in [Grindhouse]."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3/4 "Just the ticket for genre fans starved for a movie that actually thrills."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Un pasatiempo eficaz que recupera parte del espíritu de la clase B al servicio de un relato tenso y por momentos perturbador, sin mayores pretensiones."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "Uses the simplicity of its premise to its advantage, reducing the story to its purest elements and using them to scare the poop out of us."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "It's a problematic in-and-out kind of thriller that is more fascinating as a missed opportunity to be a true commentary on the genre even as it occasionally backs into it almost by accident."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 1.5/4 "Suffice to say there's not much genuine debauchery behind the check-in desk in Vacancy."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "Doesn't make a great addition to the register of motel-based horror movies."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek B+ "What began as a sort of commentary on horror movie violence slips into an exercise in mere horror movie violence, but Vacancy, still, is the product of strong filmmaking."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3/4 "A nicely compact, tense thriller that loses a little of its punch as a result of a rushed, generic ending."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/5 "A nastily effective, rough-edged gem of a horror-thriller."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 7/10 "Very creepy."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 1.0/4.0 "... every scene... add(s) to the film's running time instead of adding to the story. The real Vacancy... (is) the sum total of all the holes in this plot."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3.5/5 "Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale and snuff films... what can go wrong with that?"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr 3/4 "That the thrills are genuine and executed with a sure hand is what makes the film work; that the characters are sympathetic makes it work better than it should."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik B- "From the nifty Saul Bass-inspired opening credits until the end, Vacancy is persistent in streamlining its thriller tropes."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 3/5 "Vacancy is a fun and violent ride, in the best possible guilty-pleasure sense of course, that suffers from only minor flaws. If only it ended 4 minutes sooner ..."   Film Threat   Michael Ferraro 2.5/4 "Antal's array of sleek cinematographic arrangements succinctly link his villains to his viewers as likeminded voyeurs turned on by scenes of torture and mayhem."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "Starts well but never goes anywhere with its grisly set-up."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "There are some genuine thrills in Vacancy that make it a decent bill of fare for the horror fans."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "I'd call Vacancy a 'guilty pleasure' -- only I don't really feel any guilt about enjoying and recommending a fast-paced fright flick like this one."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg 5/10 "Short, scary and suspense-filled, it's a taut cat-and-mouse game set in a rundown motel."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 7/10 "All things considered, not half bad. Indeed, it's much less than half bad."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 70% Fresh Page   1