the first two-thirds largely work while the last third is so silly that I'm not even sure a genius filmmaker who frequently pushes the boundaries of camp and obscure dramatic ideas like Atom Egoyan or Bong Joon-ho would have the tools to pull it off
overlong "The Empty Man" fills emptiness with boredom; While it does offer a new angle on a familiar horror setup, spinning into an entirely different subgenre in the process, The Empty Man stretches out an underbaked idea to an excruciating degree
an overlong supernatural thriller that goes nowhere; Running an overlong two hours and twenty minutes, "The Empty Man" -- probably the bastard cousin twice removed from "The Bye Bye Man" or "Slenderman", not good company -- is a total bore
"The Empty Man" is indeed a disposable, ultimately best-forgotten movie; Producers couldn't have picked a better title, though; I felt far from satisfied. Empty, you might say
by Meagan Navarro [Bloody Disgusting ]
by Barry Hertz [Globe and Mail ]
