Rotten
[It's] cheerfully in touch with its own brainlessness.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The Hitcher
Never pick up strangers.
2007 · 1h 24m · R
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Dave Meyers
Overview
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.
Director and cast
- Dave Meyers Director
- Sean Bean as John "The Hitcher" Ryder
- Sophia Bush as Grace Andrews
- Zachary Knighton as Jim Halsey
- Neal McDonough as Leutnant Esteridge
- Kyle Davis as Takstellen Angestellter
- Danny Bolero as Officer Edwards
- Jeffrey Hutchinson as Young Father
- Skip O'Brien Cast
- Travis Schuldt Cast
- Yara Martinez Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
19%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Bloated, boring and over-explained.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Rotten
Eric Red's sturdy genre script from 1986 has been diluted in the worst way possible.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
Rotten
Don't even think of stopping.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
... about all the movie is effective at is insulting the audience.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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