By refusing to sensationalize its subject, Amenábar crafted a horror film that is as thought-provoking as it is unsettling, a testament to the power of cinema to confront us with our darkest impulses....
29 Needles offers no comfort and no condemnation. It offers only this: the image of a body pushed to its limits and beyond, and the question—unanswered, unanswerable—of why.