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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlCredit this spirited, uncommonly effective found-footage thriller for breaking the templates promised by its genre and title.
- 75RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyBeckerman intersperses the footage with static, loud and jagged, and the couple of "effects" included are quick and dirty. If you're going to go the found-footage route, you might as well try to find a new way to approach the material. Beckerman has.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMatty Beckerman’s Alien Abduction repackages ancient legend for modern audiences in a found-footage story of streamlined efficiency.
- 50McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe performances are perfunctory and the scenario standard-issue even if the execution of this no-budget thriller is top drawer.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDespite a neat narrative twist delivered during the end credits, Alien Abduction is ultimately a by-the-numbers enterprise that will please only the most undemanding audiences at midnight screenings.
- 45Paste MagazineScott WoldPaste MagazineScott WoldAlien Abduction fails to thrill or chill.
- 40VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA sci-fi thriller as generic as its title, Alien Abduction generates only low-voltage shocks.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezA few jolting scares are deployed throughout, but more difficult to shake is how the story's overacting lambs walk a rather programmatic path toward slaughter--or at least anal probing.
- 30The DissolveThe DissolveA rote, unimaginative entry in the found-footage subgenre of science-fiction/horror. It looks better than a YouTube video, but it’s rarely more engaging.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSuffers from the tired POV gimmickry, the weak characterizations, the numbing sameness of stuck-in-the-woods-with-dolts narratives.