"...Mr. Mangold handles the revelations and reversals of Michael Cooney's script with nerve-racking aplomb. There are horror-film conventions -- eerie sounds, slow camera movements, half-open doors and carefully arranged shadows -- that retain their effectiveness..."
New York Times

"...John Cusack is convincing....With moments of mind-bending creepiness..."
USA Today

"...Delighting in his own considerable cleverness and cineast's knowledge of movie history, Mangold shuffles the elements like a three-card-monte pro..."
Entertainment Weekly

"...A snappily executed little thriller..."
Variety

"...With a third act that causes us to rethink everything that has gone before. Ingenious, how simple and yet how devious the solution is..."
Chicago Sun-Times

"...Sleek and clever....IDENTITY is fine escapist fare with a saving sense of humor..."
Los Angeles Times

"...Stylish....A clever twist on the old strangers-stranded-in-scary motel plot..."
Total Film

4 stars out of 5 -- "Mangold's noir thriller plays like Agatha Christie meets Alfred Hitchcock....A thriller that satisfies the grey matter, IDENTITY deserves to be seen."
Ultimate DVD