Rotten
Before the tedious and convoluted cyber-thriller "Open Windows" is said and done, you may feel like jumping out of one.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Open Windows
The 21st Century REAR WINDOW.
2014 · 1h 41m · Not Rated
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Nacho Vigalondo
Overview
Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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40%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A thriller with so many viewpoints, feints and fake-outs that it swiftly disappears up its own URL.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
The combined concepts are so high that the film resolves as Vigalondo reaches his Icarus moment, the corpse so mangled and unpleasant the project's ambition can only be identified via dental records.
David Ehrlich, AV Club
Fresh
A fiendishly inventive thriller built around an audacious if unsustainable gimmick, Open Windows elevates Hitchcockian suspense to jittery new levels of mayhem and paranoia.
Justin Chang, Variety
Rotten
The gimmick plays well from a technical standpoint, but the story requires a suspension of disbelief that only genre diehards are likely to give.
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
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