Reception
Cube received mixed to positive reviews from critics such as The New York Times, earning an approval rating of 59% on Rotten Tomatoes. Movie critics for Electric Sheep magazine, AMC's Filmcritic.com, and Empire Online gave the film positive reviews, while critics for Nitrate Online and the San Francisco Chronicle panned the film.Bloody Disgusting gave the movie a positive review, writing "Shoddy acting and a semi-weak script can't hold this movie back. It's simply too good a premise and too well-directed to let minor hindrances derail its creepy premise." Slant Online panned the film, saying "like lab rats futilely running on their treadmill, Cube eventually winds up going nowhere fast."
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