Reviews

• Even though there are tedious stretches with less-than-riveting characters, the film gradually pulls you into its claustrophobic spell and becomes acutely suspenseful in its final half-hour.

  Kevin Thomas - Los Angeles Times
  
  26 April 2013

• For his first feature, Canadian director Vincenzo Natali has, like the setting of his film, created a complex piece of work around an essentially simple foundation.

  Keith Phipps - The A.V. Club
  
  26 April 2013

• Natali's film has a fabulous look, a nerve-wracking, claustrophobic mood, a number of genuinely suspenseful set-pieces and some sublimely stomach-churning special effects.

  Ken Fox - TV Guide
  
  26 April 2013

• This very Canadian thriller (i.e., no humor, lots of literal-minded future-shock portentousness) certainly does a number on you, though not necessarily a pleasurable one.

  Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly
  
  26 April 2013

• Cube falls into the dreaded trap of allegory -- aaaaaargh! -- and the clunky dialogue makes a midnight bull session seem brilliant by comparison.

  Bob Graham - The San Francisco Chronicle
  
  26 April 2013