The Grey (2012)

All Critics (176) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (139) | Rotten (38) | DVD (4)

I couldn't decide if they lost track of the wolves in the editing, or if Carnahan realized how Twilight-fake the beasts looked and limited their scenes in the final edit.

March 23, 2012 Full Review | Comments (14)

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Top Critic

The Grey is about raging against the dying of the light but also about accepting it with peace once the fight has been lost.

January 31, 2012 Full Review | Comments (13)

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Three-fifths of a solid film!

January 30, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

The Grey, despite moments of sublimity, is as predictable as a funeral. When Ottway angrily calls out to God, the nonanswer is sadly redundant.

January 30, 2012 Full Review | Comments (13)

David Edelstein

New York Magazine

Top Critic

Somewhere along the line, apparently, it was decided that having men fight for their lives is not enough to hang a movie on. It has to be a movie about Big Ideas.

January 27, 2012 Full Review | Comments (31)

Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

Hold on tight. It's a true call of the wild.

January 27, 2012 Full Review | Comments (14)

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

A soothing lullaby for alpha-male viewers and survival buffs, Joe Carnahan's The Grey arrives in a tip-top Blu-ray from Universal-a form that's likely to extend its life indefinitely, as a manly man, scotch-sipping midnight movie.

May 15, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Jaime N. Christley

Slant Magazine

I can't say I was sorry it was over. But it also has the stark purity of an icicle; it earns my respect if not my love.

April 30, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

I went into the fray and rode this intense, emotional ride with the characters. The Grey is hypnotic, terrifying, affective, poetic, and the best film that I've seen this year.

April 26, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Blake Howard

2UE That Movie Show

This movie starts off with the main character putting a gun to his head, having decided his life has no meaning or purpose. After that, the story starts getting depressing.

April 17, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

A gripping, survivalist drama with more humanity than expected.

April 16, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

He will be 60 this year but instead of slowing down, Liam Neeson is speeding up, as he has become the most bankable action hero in the world. His latest ice-cold thriller, The Grey, is currently the number one movie at the US box office.

March 10, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Brian Henry Martin

UTV

a wild ride and will answer the question of how long you can hold your breath, and then quickly knock it out of you. Cinema seats will be torn apart, popcorn will fly and there might even be a few tears

March 8, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Cameron Williams

The Popcorn Junkie

The Grey features some astonishing sequences, spectacular cinematography, excellent performances and heartfelt ruminations on mortality, faith, masculinity, hope, family and existence. It also has really really cool wolves.

February 27, 2012 Full Review | Comment

CJ Johnson

ABC Radio (Australia)

Joe Carnahan's best film since Narc...

February 19, 2012 Full Review | Comment

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

This is a surprise of a film: spiritual, frightening, heartfelt, and thrilling. Exactly the opposite of what the "Liam Neeson punching wolves" trailer implied.

February 16, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

There are echoes of John Boorman's iconic survival drama Deliverance (1972) as the men come to realise that nature has no pity, no feelings. The way the men interact is part of the drama, as hotheads and fools are revealed beneath the macho masks

February 16, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

Liam Neeson's powerful presence is the central focus of the story; he is our compass as we experience the terror, the isolation, the conflict, the hope and the many obstacles to survival - both physical and mental

February 16, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Louise Keller

Urban Cinefile

The Grey is the first movie to cast Liam Neeson appropriately since his ascent to pop icon status. Here, as the last man standing against the viciousness of nature, he is the pure, distilled essence of man.

February 15, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

To be let down by the film's rather poetic conclusion to miss the true, introspective intent of the film entirely.

February 14, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Aside from Neeson's top-caliber performance...the movie's got several excellent set pieces...

February 13, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

This is not a gritty realistic survival film, but a film that functions on a mythical level to explore the meaning of life, the existence of God and the hubris of humanity.

February 12, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Thomas Caldwell

Cinema Autopsy

It's been three hours now since I've seen 'The Grey,' and I can't shake it. I keep thinking about it.

February 11, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Linda Cook

KWQC-TV (Iowa)

... A harrowing tale not necesarily of survival but of the will to survive and what happens when maybe that isn't enough.

February 11, 2012 Full Review | Comment

Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

The best film of 2012. Too soon? Yeah, you're right. But this film is more than just Neeson killing wolves.

February 10, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jeff Bayer

The Scorecard Review

• 1. Ottway: Do something...do something. You faulty prick, fraudulent motherfucker. DO SOMETHING! FUCK FAITH! EARN IT! SHOW ME SOMETHING REAL! I NEED IT NOW, NOT LATER! Do something and I'll believe in you until the day I die, I swear. I'm calling on you, I'M CALLING ON YOU! Fuck it, I'll do it myself.
  – Submitted by Teddy S (2 months ago)
• 1. Flannery: My head is fucked my leg is fucked! Aw fuck!
  2. Ottway: Don't worry ok? It's good that it hurts.
  3. Flannery: It's good? Then I'm fucking fabulous!
  – Submitted by Smaragda K (2 months ago)
• 1. Cimoski: Help me! OK .. something's wrong, somethings really, really wrong .. i don't feel right .. this doesn't ..
  2. Ottway: You're gonna die. That's what's happening.
  3. Cimoski: No no no no no .. hold on, hold on, hold on ..
  4. Ottway: It's OK. Look at me. Keep looking at me. It's alright. It'll slide over you. It'll start to feel warm. Nice and warm. Let it move over you. Let your thoughts go. All the good things. All the good things. Yeah. Who do you love? Who do you love?
  5. Cimoski: Rosie ..
  6. Ottway: Is she your daughter? Let her take you then.
  7. Cimoski: note: i don't know the name of the guy who died in this scene but it was my favorite part, so i just put cimoski although i know it's probably wrong.
  – Submitted by Cheyne L (2 months ago)
• 1. Hernandez: Are there people dead?
  2. Ottway: Yes.
  – Submitted by Cheyne L (2 months ago)
• 1. Ottway: No Mas.
  – Submitted by Chuck N (2 months ago)