74
Metascore
41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanAn exciting, intellectually stimulating science-fiction thriller which also connects emotionally. Everyone involved earns a promotion to the premiership.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinIt's a crackerjack ride, shot and edited for maximum discombobulation.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceA propulsive ride worth your popcorn dollar, not for its preposterous genre tinkering but for its refreshingly humanist take on a high-concept gimmick.
- 75Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreDuncan Jones, director of the very fine and very paranoid "Moon," makes this seemingly silly situation work, building tension over 93 minutes.
- 75Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallWhite-knuckle fun.
- 70Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondA Hitchcockian thriller with a bit of "Unstoppable" and a little "Unknown," Source Code is a pulse-pounding flick.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe movie boils down to one character, acting under enormous pressures of space and time, racing to solve a mystery. In this case, that may be good enough.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichWhat begins as a tense, inventive suspense film becomes, to paraphrase Doctor Who, a wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey, mushy-wushy mess. That's decidedly NOT fantastic.