The film has received generally positive reviews. The film currently holds a 66% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 159 reviews with an average rating of 6.6/10.[20] It also received a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 from Metacritic based on 34 reviews from mainstream critics.[21]

Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer gave the film 4/4 stars claiming "After four decades, Martin Scorsese has earned the right to deliver a simple treatment of a simple theme with flair."[22] Writing for The Wall Street Journal, John Anderson highly praised the film suggesting it "requires multiple viewings to be fully realized as a work of art. Its process is more important than its story, its structure more important than the almost perfunctory plot twists it perpetrates. It's a thriller, a crime story and a tortured psychological parable about collective guilt."[23] Awarding the film 3½ stars out of 4, Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times wrote in this review that "the movie is about: atmosphere, ominous portents, the erosion of Teddy's confidence and even his identity. It's all done with flawless directorial command. Scorsese has fear to evoke, and he does it with many notes."[24]

Of The Orlando Sentinel, Roger Moore, giving the film 2½ stars out of 4, wrote "It's not bad, but as Scorsese, America’s greatest living filmmaker and film history buff should know, even Hitchcock came up short on occasion. See for yourself."[25] One mixed review includes Dana Stevens of Slate who described the film "an aesthetically and at times intellectually exciting puzzle, but it's never emotionally involving."[26] The Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday negatively described the film as being "weird".[27] A.O. Scott of The New York Times wrote in his review that "Something TERRIBLE is afoot. Sadly, that something turns out to be the movie itself."[28]
[edit] Box Office

The film opened #1 at the box office with $41 million, according to studio estimates. The movie gave both Scorsese and DiCaprio their best box office opening yet. [29]

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