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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Screen DailyJohn HazeltonScreen DailyJohn HazeltonThere are enough twists and turns in Self/less to keep things interesting
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreSelf/less doesn’t offer many surprises. It’s a lot like other body-switch thrillers, and is practically a remake of the 1966 John Frankenheimer rich-guy-buys-handsome-young-body tale “Seconds.” But it has generous pleasures.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberThe Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberThe intriguing story degenerates into a flat-out action movie with car chases and violent shootouts that are competently filmed by Singh but seem to come from a far more conventional film.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThis is a conventional-looking films with a screenplay from brothers David and Alex Pastor that raises some fascinating issues and offers a tease or two of a better movie before devolving into a medley of chases and shootouts.
- 45TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeAbout the best that can be said about the sluggish Self/less is that it’s a better Ryan Reynolds body-switching movie than “The Change-Up”; still, you’re better off seeking out “Seconds” — or heck, “All of Me” — instead.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonEntertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonSelf/less’ greatest crime is that it’s not enough of anything: Not brainy enough to party with the theories about consciousness that Ex-Machina delivered earlier this year, nor is it over-the-top enough to compete with the campy goofballery of something like Limitless.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanRyan Reynolds does the best he can with the material.... But any intelligence is tossed once we get mired in a series of dull chase scenes.
- 40VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasEven the resourceful, likable Reynolds is at a loss to elevate this rather dreary piece of would-be escapism, which calls out for the wry, pulpy touch of a John Carpenter (or his acolyte David Twohy) and instead gets the strained self-seriousness of director Tarsem Singh.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film's corporate blandness is almost as dispiriting as its disinterest in exploiting the inherent saliency of the material.
- 0The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthSelf/less is brain/less entertainment, but if there’s any consolation, the impression it leaves is so fleeting that you can soon replace it with better movie memories.