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39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissKidman, in a career-best performance, and Eckhart lend pitch-perfect calibration to the couple's shared and separate agonies. It's as if previous treatments of the subject were a series of failed experiments, and Rabbit Hole is the Eureka! moment.
- 91The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsRabbit Hole is a tremendously sad movie, but it's also the furthest thing from a miserablist wallow.
- 90Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondIt's an unforgettable, moving and brilliantly acted drama that richly deserves to be seen by anyone who cherishes great filmmaking.
- 80MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekDirector John Cameron Mitchell - adapting David Lindsay-Abaire's play - has a surprisingly deft touch with this admittedly downbeat material; he builds dramatic intensity in subtle layers, rather than slapping it on with a trowel.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEckhart shows a new kind of foreboding anger. He's powerful as a man who will do anything to crack the ice.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe film does achieve moments of catharsis, but it can be heavy going.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearEasily the most gracefully performed grief-porn you'll see this season.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA tragedy devastating to experience can feel generic when transferred to the screen, and that, despite everyone's best intentions and an outstanding performance by Nicole Kidman, is what happens with Rabbit Hole.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceBecca and Howie's extracurricular relationships are the saving grace of a movie that's otherwise a sledgehammer of plot and score.