The Maze Runner
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A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.
What critics thought
A notch above the average YA adaptation, The Maze Runner earned mostly positive notices for its atmosphere and performances, but critics were split on whether its world-building held up — several found the premise gripping and the tone refreshingly dark, while others felt the film's universe was only half-constructed and its finale tipped into incoherence. Audiences responded more warmly than the professional critical consensus.
“it tells us a story we think we've heard countless times before but with a refreshingly different tone and degree of detail”
Christy Lemire·RogerEbert.com
“Ball is deft, though, at evoking claustrophobia of every kind, whether in the open-air prison of the Glade or the actual tight spaces of the Maze. And he elicits a hair-trigger performance from O'Brien”
Michael Sragow·Orange County Register
“a sci-fi thriller set in a vaguely post-apocalyptic future must create a fully drawn universe to thoroughly captivate the viewer. But Maze Runner feels only partially formed”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“it's bleak business, and as it hurries toward its explosive, expository conclusion, the film becomes nonsensical, too”
Steven Rea·The Philadelphia Inquirer
Genres
Action, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Wes BallDirector
Dylan O'BrienThomas
Kaya ScodelarioTeresa Agnes
Thomas Brodie-SangsterNewt
Ki Hong LeeMinho
Will PoulterGally
Aml AmeenAlby
Patricia ClarksonAva Paige
Blake CooperChuck
Dexter DardenFrypan
Jacob LatimoreJeff
Chris SheffieldBen
Joe AdlerZart
John PaesanoComposer
Noah OppenheimWriter
T.S. NowlinWriter
James DashnerWriter
Enrique ChediakCinematographyThe Maze Runner
A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.
What critics thought
A notch above the average YA adaptation, The Maze Runner earned mostly positive notices for its atmosphere and performances, but critics were split on whether its world-building held up — several found the premise gripping and the tone refreshingly dark, while others felt the film's universe was only half-constructed and its finale tipped into incoherence. Audiences responded more warmly than the professional critical consensus.
“it tells us a story we think we've heard countless times before but with a refreshingly different tone and degree of detail”
Christy Lemire·RogerEbert.com
“Ball is deft, though, at evoking claustrophobia of every kind, whether in the open-air prison of the Glade or the actual tight spaces of the Maze. And he elicits a hair-trigger performance from O'Brien”
Michael Sragow·Orange County Register
“a sci-fi thriller set in a vaguely post-apocalyptic future must create a fully drawn universe to thoroughly captivate the viewer. But Maze Runner feels only partially formed”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“it's bleak business, and as it hurries toward its explosive, expository conclusion, the film becomes nonsensical, too”
Steven Rea·The Philadelphia Inquirer
Genres
Action, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Wes BallDirectorDylan O'BrienThomasKaya ScodelarioTeresa AgnesThomas Brodie-SangsterNewtKi Hong LeeMinhoWill PoulterGallyAml AmeenAlbyPatricia ClarksonAva PaigeBlake CooperChuckDexter DardenFrypanJacob LatimoreJeffChris SheffieldBenJoe AdlerZartJohn PaesanoComposerNoah OppenheimWriterT.S. NowlinWriterJames DashnerWriterEnrique ChediakCinematographyRent & Buy