„Friedkin uses simple tricks to increase the audience's discomfort level. […] After a well-constructed first act, the story becomes a little tiresome and repetitive and the characters, who are will defined to begin with, stray ever closer to the edge of overwrought one-dimensionality.“ – Rezension auf Reelviews.com, abgerufen am 5. September 2012.
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„The last 20 minutes are searingly intense […] Judd and Shannon bravely cast all restraint aside and allow themselves to be seen as raw, terrified and mad. […] For Friedkin, the film is a return to form after some disappointments like "Jade." it feels like a young man's picture, filled with edge and energy.“ – Artikel im Chicago Reader vom 25. Mai 2007, abgerufen am 5. September 2012.
