Red Lights (2012)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 86
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 61
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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 23
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Movie Info
Veteran paranormal researchers Dr. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) debunk fraudulent claims of ghost whispering, faith healing and other psychic phenomena by detecting what Matheson calls "red lights," the subtle tricks behind every staged supernatural occurrence. But when the legendary blind psychic Simon Silver (Robert De Niro)comes out of retirement after 30 years, his once-fearless adversary Matheson warns Buckley to back off, fearing reprisal from the
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Cast
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Robert De Niro
Simon Silver -
Sigourney Weaver
Dr. Margaret Matheso... -
Cillian Murphy
Tom Buckley -
Elizabeth Olsen
Sally Owen -
Toby Jones
Paul Shackleton -
Joely Richardson
Monica Handsen, Moni... -
Craig Roberts
Ben -
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonardo Palladino, ... -
Adriane Lenox
Nina -
Garick Hagon
Howard McColm -
Burn Gorman
Benedict Cohen -
Mitchell Mullen
Jim Carroll -
Nathan Osgood
Michael Sidgwick -
Madeleine Potter
Sarah Sidgwick -
Eloise Webb
Susan Sidgwick -
Jeany Spark
Traci Northrop -
Jan Cornet
David Matheson -
Robert G. Slade
Interviewer ('70s) -
Eugenio Mira
Young Simon Silver -
Lynn Blades
Dana (TV) -
Eben Young
Dick (TV) -
Becci Gemmell
Lucy Marconi (Theate... -
Jee-Yun Lee
Fiona Stewart -
Emma Reynolds
Female Reporter #1 -
Karen Shenaz David
Female Reporter #2 -
Molly Malcolm
Female Reporter #3 -
Peter R. Brooke
Male Reporter #1 -
Robert Paterson
Male Reporter #2 -
Jason Lewis
Male Reporter #3 -
Jeff Mash
Male Reporter #4 -
Lilliana Cabal
Female Reporter (spr... -
Gordon Harris
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Ignacio Carre�o L�pe...
Man in the Bathroom -
Josette Simon
Corrine -
Carlos Bermudez Sagr...
Stevie -
Anselmo Cuesta
Stevie's Father -
Russell Grant
Pilot -
Patricia Potter
Female Doctor -
Bola Olubowale
Bodyguard -
Simon Lee Phillips
Standing Spectator -
Anna Dorca
Katia Novikova -
Gina Bramhill
Judi Cale -
Jean Vigo
Richard Vargas -
Jajube Mandiela
Girl with Piercings ... -
Jesse Bostick
Guy (TV) -
Roscoe Van Dyke
Biker (TV) -
Paulette Sinclair
Woman in a Wheel-Cha... -
Jean Daigle
Sally's Father -
Ann Turnbull
Sally's Mother -
Eric Loren
Policeman -
Max Hausmann
Doctor Campbell -
Julius Cotter
Doctor Jennings -
Merce Vidal
Doctor Heynes -
Miquel Bordoy
Professor Franklin -
Benjamin Nathan-Seri...
Student in Magna Roo... -
Markus Parillo
Notebook Man -
Kathy Imrie
Indigent Woman -
Howard Swinson
Old Man on the Bench -
Larissa Bouvier
Teenager on the Benc... -
Syd Mostow
Martin Weiner -
Brian Lehane
Psychic Surgery Pati... -
Aidan Shipley
Tom's Soldier Son -
Wendy Boyd
45-Year-Old Sally -
Anna Ferguson
Older Sally -
Xavier Capdet
Beadle -
Alicia Caycho
Maria Vargas -
Clelia Bain
Dorina Vargas -
Richard Felix
Man in Bathroom #1 -
Joshua Zamrycki
Man in Bathroom #2 -
Oskar Rodriguez
Decoy -
Lex Lang
Presenter #1 -
Bridget Hoffman
Radio Duo Female Voi... -
Rif Hutton
Radio Duo Male Voice -
Grant George
Presenter #2 -
Angelina Wahler
Susan Sidgwick (Voic...
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All Critics (86) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (61) | DVD (3)
A clever thriller, bolstered by three great performances.
Top CriticThe film doesn't offer the sense of release, or of surprise, that it seems to take for granted.
"The X-Files" is long gone. Hail and farewell. But its spirit lives on in "Red Lights." Hail, hail.
By strict definition, any movie featuring Robert De Niro as a spoon-bending clairvoyant superstar ought to hold a few cards up its sleeve.
A lot of talent comes up empty in "Red Lights," a thriller that doesn't thrill.
With the sort of last-minute plot twist that sank M. Night Shyamalan's career, Red Lights comes to an unexpected, risible end.
It's crushingly disappointing when it falls apart so completely in the second half.
It almost feels like an occult thriller that has slowly transformed into a comedy -- and you didn't even notice.
Red Lights has a decent premise, but the script lets the actors down. While it has interesting twists and bucks convention, the story is just far too weak to be enjoyable.
A fun caper thinly veiled as a supernatural thriller - a mystery loaded with all the tricks and devices recently made popular by M. Night Shyamalan.
The fact that Red Lights' action doesn't operate in a recognizable universe, however, is a constant problem.
The degree to which Red Lights ultimately peters out is nothing short of spectacular...
It's nonsense on a plot level but played seriously without nearly enough personality or edge. Even the film's undeniably talented cast can't save it.
By the time the film reaches its convoluted, bombastic and preposterous climax, any sense of real magic that it once conveyed has utterly vanished.
Filmed in Spain and Canada, Red Lights is limply staged and even more uninspiringly shot - everywhere looks like nowhere. The effect of all this is a total lack of emotional connection to these characters right from the start.
Red Lights ends with much fury, and it only underscores how silly the whole misfortunate thing has become.
Hinges on a big revelation that you'll see coming a mile away and a final twist that strains to pull a fast one.
Audience Reviews for Red Lights
Super Reviewer
"How Much Do You Want To Believe?"
Red Lights is a very interesting movie, but not all that satisfying of one. For one, the first half is extremely dull and boring. The movie finds some momentum in the second half though. Also I don't care for where the story goes. It's all so obvious and unsatisfying, that it destroys an interesting concept and a trio of good performances from great actors.�
Margaret Matheson and Tom Buckley work together at a university and for the most part, their work is in exposing psychics who claim they have powers for frauds. There's one psychic that made Margaret doubt though and that is Simon Silver. Silver is coming back from retirement and is the most famous psychic out there. Tom gets obsessed with exposing Silver as a fraud, but is he actually?
Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver are both good in their veteran roles, but Cillian Murphy definitely gives the best performance in the film. Still these actors and a good storyline are ruined for me, by the movie going exactly where you expect, but don't hope, it goes. Unfortunately this one goes that path and ends up playing out in a Carrie-esque fashion.�
This is still worth a look, as it isn't a completely horrible film, but just one that doesn't live up to what it could have been. This should have been a great movie and not just a so-so one and that's my biggest problem with it. If the idea of a movie about psychics and trying to expose them for frauds, with many bizarre elements thrown in for good measure, intrigues you; then give it a look.
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Super Reviewer
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- Simon Silver: It is the deep, painful urgency of the animal forced to live in darkness which finally opens its eyes and voraciously demands light with a howl of rage!
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- Tom Buckley: You can't deny yourself forever.
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- Tom Buckley: And today it'll be over...for you and for me.
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- Simon Silver: Can you trust, me?
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- Simon Silver: What can you really know?
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- Dr. Margaret Matheson: He's dangerous Tom...stay away from him.
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