Film-BookMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.s The Thing tried and failed. It failed as a prequel and as a The Thing movie, almost completely ...
Entertainment WeeklyBut I'll always get a giddy, kidlike kick watching things go splat and knowing it wasn't done with the help of a hard drive
Total FilmA solid, reverential riff on a horror/sci-fi masterpiece. The frequent homages are welcome, though they remind viewers how m...
The Sci-Fi BlockIts problem is this: it has no discernible goal, aside from what we can deduce from its cinematic origins.
Hollywood ReporterFemale-centric remake of two famous sci-fi thrillers falls short of its predecessors.
Horror YearbookDespite a couple shortcomings, at least its not the "Nightmare On Elm Street" remake.
E! OnlineCome to think of it, Rare Exports is also about what happens when something buried is dug up. It's really something.
Chicago Sun-TimesImagine a creature that can exactly imitate the body and behavior of another life form — so well it could fool you into thin...
E! OnlineIn 1982, John Carpenter knew how to do a remake. Take the basic idea of an older horror movie (and its source novella), radi...
Chicago Sun-TimesThis version of "The Thing," directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., provides such graphic and detailed views of the creatu...
Salon ArtsIt's full of chills and thrills and isolated Antarctic atmosphere and terrific Hieronymus Bosch creature effects, and if it ...
Entertainment WeeklySolves the mystery of what happened to the Norwegian research team that was all but wiped out at the beginning of The Thing.
The Philadelphia InquirerThe problem with the new film is that rather than explore the story from a fresh angle, it follows, virtually beat by beat, ...
The Boston GlobeDutch director Matthijs van Heijningen and company deliver lean suspense, and they update the Carpenter crew's gnarly alien-...
San Francisco ChronicleIt's an imperfect facsimile, guilty of borrowing too many ideas from the earlier film, and then executing them with differin...
USA TodayPart horror film, part space thriller and all gore-fest, the movie ends up being a lot like its protagonist: a mess of a mon...
The New York TimesWhere the earlier film pulsed with precisely calibrated paranoia and distinctly drawn characters, this inarticulate replay u...
Washington PostHere's the thing about the new "The Thing." It isn't as satisfying as the old "The Thing." And it's nowhere near as enthrall...
New York PostThis movie is basically a sno-cone "Alien" or "Predator" and we've seen nearly a dozen of those.
Film School RejectsJoel Edgerton and Mary Elizabeth Winstead make silly CG-ridden situations believable, the second and third act move at a bul...
/FilmWe’re left with a film that falls so easily into the obvious metaphor: an imitation that is effective for a time but can’t h...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Release: October 14, 2011
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Release: October 14, 2011
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