Incarnate

critic Reviews

, 18% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Incarnate can't be accused of lack of ideas -- if only any of them made sense or coalesced in any meaningful or scary way.
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Katie RifeAV Club
    It's all a wild jumble of half-baked, derivative ideas and arbitrary rules, all of which add up to a suspense-free horror narrative as murky as its lighting.
    Read full article
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Sam FragosoTheWrap
    Strident rhetoric is required for describing Brad Peyton's latest film, a maddening hodgepodge of ideas that range from undercooked to unoriginal.
    Read full article
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Frank ScheckThe Hollywood Reporter
    Incarnate, much like its central character at key moments, barely seems to have a pulse.
    Read full article
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Noel MurrayLos Angeles Times
    Dense with plot and mythology, the film is refreshingly unpredictable - if only because guessing what comes next would require understanding what the hell is going on.
    Read full article
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Peter SobczynskiRogerEbert.com
    Incarnate is such a pointless bit of hackwork that it almost makes the recent horror dud Shut In seem focused by comparison.
    Read full article
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Joe LeydonVariety
    Offers a relatively fresh take on standard-issue exorcism-melodrama tropes, along with a performance by Aaron Eckhart that is more than persuasive enough to encourage the investment of a rooting interest.
    Read full article
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Jordy SirkinJordy Reviews It
    While it attempts to change up the exorcist themes, it ultimately falls flat, as it really isn't giving the viewer much by way of entertainment or scares.
    Read full article
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Allen AdamsThe Maine Edge
    In Incarnate, we get the latest in a fairly long, uneven line of exorcism movies. And while it is far from the worst of the bunch, it also fails to do much with what starts out as a fairly interesting idea.
    Read full article
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Micheal ComptonBowling Green Daily News
    Too convoluted for its own good. The film takes itself seriously when it probably should have embraced its borderline silliness.
    Read full article
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Molly HeneryThe Blogging Banshee
    While Incarnate exceeds many of my expectations, there are still things that fall a bit short of what could be a near perfect reinvention of a possession film. The scientific aspects and the acting are definitely the highlights.
    Read full article