Critic Reviews
51
Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
9(41%)
mixed
8(36%)
negative
5(23%)
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83
Even when The Net goes off-line, Bullock's captivating presence is a screen saver. [28 July 1995, p.6]
75
This stuff is so concocted I had no business caring about it. But I did, because of Bullock.
75
The Net is an efficient, workmanlike thriller that, at its best, does a canny job of exploiting the more fanciful edges of computer-age dread.
75
The Net is a scary film that could have been terrifying but for something slightly earnest and plodding in director Irwin Winkler's attack.
75
It's exciting and satisfying, even if the chief villain isn't terribly original and the chase scenes are overlong. Bullock is plucky and believable as an average person who must marshal her strength and smarts to get her life back.
70
This paranoid fantasy is so resonant that it makes The Net an enjoyably creepy thriller, even though Irwin Winkler belongs to the nothing-is-too-obvious school of directing.
63
The Net starts off strong but finishes weak, and if not for the presence of actress Sandra Bullock, who graces nearly every scene, this movie might have been a snoozer.
63
A thoroughly conventional exercise in pop paranoia with trendy appurtenances, The Net has little to offer outside of Bullock's moderately appealing presence.
63
With admirable techno-savvy, the film upgrades the paranoia-propelled thriller and downloads it into the '90s. Reminiscent of a slew of films, including The Pelican Brief and The Fugitive, The Net - ploddingly directed by Irwin Winkler - is frustratingly average in almost every other respect, however. [28 July 1995, p.5D]
60
The Net entertains but is unlikely to hang around on the cerebral hard disk for too long.
