Self/less

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “There are enough twists and turns in Self/less to keep things interesting”

  John Hazelton, Screen Daily · 70

• “Self/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.”

  Roger Moore, Movie Nation · 63

• “It probably shouldn’t star Ryan Reynolds, who is generally likable, but frequently miscast. Only Kingsley’s bizarre, severely mannered performance seems to be following the undercurrents of the material.”

  Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, The A.V. Club · 58

• “The 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.”

  Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter · 50

• “This 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.”

  Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times · 50