Pandorum was not screened for critics and, predictably, the reviews are not very good. The movie does have, however, one of the creepiest posters of the year.
"...non-sci-fi fans may well themselves be driven mad long before the end."
— Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly
"From the producers of the Resident Evil movies comes ... a Resident Evil rip-off in space! An actual Resident Evil sequel in space would have been better — at least then we'd have Milla Jovovich to look at instead of Ben Foster."
— Luke Y. Thompson, E! Online
"Quaid and Foster spend far too much time trying to figure out what's going on, but audiences are liable to respond only with a dispirited "Who cares?""
— Nathan Rabin, Onion AV Club
"...tempts the viewer into hypersleep."
— Rob Nelson, Variety
"...a claustrophobic, tedious sci-fi thriller..."
— Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter