The Grey features some astonishing sequences, spectacular cinematography, excellent performances and heartfelt ruminations on mortality, faith, masculinity, hope, family and existence. It also has really really cool wolves.
- CJ Johnson, ABC Radio (Australia), February 27, 2012
There are echoes of John Boorman's iconic survival drama Deliverance (1972) as the men come to realise that nature has no pity, no feelings. The way the men interact is part of the drama, as hotheads and fools are revealed beneath the macho masks
- Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile, February 16, 2012
Liam Neeson's powerful presence is the central focus of the story; he is our compass as we experience the terror, the isolation, the conflict, the hope and the many obstacles to survival - both physical and mental
- Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile, February 16, 2012
The Grey is the first movie to cast Liam Neeson appropriately since his ascent to pop icon status. Here, as the last man standing against the viciousness of nature, he is the pure, distilled essence of man.
- Simon Miraudo, Quickflix, February 15, 2012
This is not a gritty realistic survival film, but a film that functions on a mythical level to explore the meaning of life, the existence of God and the hubris of humanity.
- Thomas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy, February 12, 2012
The Grey is about raging against the dying of the light but also about accepting it with peace once the fight has been lost.
- James Berardinelli, ReelViews, January 31, 2012
Three-fifths of a solid film!
- Laremy Legel, Film.com, January 30, 2012
The Grey, despite moments of sublimity, is as predictable as a funeral. When Ottway angrily calls out to God, the nonanswer is sadly redundant.
- David Edelstein, New York Magazine, January 30, 2012
Carnahan's best work since Narc, with a powerhouse performance by Neeson and real emotional heft.
- Nick De Semlyen, Empire Magazine, January 27, 2012
Somewhere along the line, apparently, it was decided that having men fight for their lives is not enough to hang a movie on. It has to be a movie about Big Ideas.
- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger, January 27, 2012
Hold on tight. It's a true call of the wild.
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, January 27, 2012
The Grey could have been better yet, but I'm not sure Neeson could.
- Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph, January 27, 2012
"The Grey" may appeal to those who like entrails, tough talk and bad endings. All others beware.
- Tom Long, Detroit News, January 27, 2012
The film's conflicting tones never quite mesh, but some fine acting and powerful moments make "The Grey" watchable, if not entirely compelling.
- Rafer Guzman, Newsday, January 27, 2012
It may be too conventional for the art-house crowd, yet too arty for the megaplex. I prefer to call it an unusually reflective blood-and-guts saga.
- Kyle Smith, New York Post, January 27, 2012
The film sustains some suspense and brooding atmosphere for its first half, but eventually the clichés of character and dialogue drag it struggling to ground.
- Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail, January 27, 2012
What starts as a tense and moody survival thriller fairly quickly becomes tedious, forced and far-fetched as a septet of men is preyed upon by a wolf pack in the Alaska wilderness.
- Claudia Puig, USA Today, January 26, 2012
A handsome but gabby take on the standard survivalist thriller that's more concerned with lofty metaphysics than which poor blockhead is about to bite it next.
- Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle, January 26, 2012
The Grey remains a genuinely gripping survival story and a refreshing change from stale urban action flicks.
- Tom Charity, CNN.com, January 08, 2013
This gritty, relentlessly intense survival tale easily gets dibs on "feel-cold" movie of the year.
- Joy Tipping, Dallas Morning News, January 26, 2012
