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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonIndulging his taste for Grand Guignol and the stylistically baroque, Schwentke never quite overplays his hand, though his occasional lapses into visual extravagance can be irritating, and the result is a nasty, intelligent and complex thriller.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe film is an engrossing and original police procedural of bleak, steel-gray images and high style. But be warned: as part of its complex, ever-unfolding plot, it is punctuated with some grisly images.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA grim, disquieting mood piece.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA blood- freezing German thriller, a very stylish variation on "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Seven."
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleySlick, grisly and determinedly umbral, German cop thriller Tattoo is a largely effective "Se7en" wannabe that gradually develops its own character after an over-derivative start.
- 63Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageMaybe Tattoo is creepy and stylized enough to pull you along anyway, but if you like your thrillers to dig below the familiar epidermis, look elsewhere.
- 60The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonUnlike so many "Seven" followers, it makes its missteps memorably, and offers a variety of stylistic rewards by way of compensation.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanDelivers an effective double-sting ending.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghOverall this is an assured piece of genre filmmaking that delivers the goods so stylishly it hardly matters that they aren't fresh.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis plodding serial-killer procedural grafts hand-me-down malevolence onto a standard rookie-veteran police yarn, the results of which yield nary a fright, let alone a goose pimple.