▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁' a ▁box ▁office ▁disappoint ment ' ▁and ▁reviews ▁were ▁' gener ally ▁mixed '. ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁wrote : ▁" See ▁No ▁Ev il ▁has ▁its ▁share ▁of ▁thr ills . ▁Che ap ▁thr ills , ▁to ▁be ▁sure , ▁but ▁thr ills ▁none ▁the ▁less ▁- ▁and ▁everything ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁Richard ▁Fle ischer ' s ▁new ▁movie ... ▁encourag es ▁us ▁to ▁value ▁small ▁fav ors . ▁Att empt ing ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand ▁to ▁mean ▁something ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand ▁trying ▁to ▁c rank ▁up ▁the ▁terror , ▁Fle ischer ▁keeps ▁suggesting ▁confront ations ▁between ▁the ▁rich ▁and ▁the ▁poor , ▁the ▁old ▁and ▁the ▁young , ▁families ▁with ▁daughters ▁to ▁protect ▁and ▁men ▁with ▁war ped ▁des ires . ▁For ▁all ▁the ▁pot ency ▁of ▁a ▁camera ▁movement , ▁it ▁can ▁never ▁have ▁exactly ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁a ▁concept ual ▁image , ▁and ▁therefore ▁" See ▁No ▁Ev il " ▁is ▁better ▁with ▁its ▁mind less ▁terror ▁than ▁with ▁its ▁wit less ▁meaning . ▁And ▁although ▁everything ▁becomes ▁far ▁too ▁much ▁long ▁before ▁it ▁is ▁over , ▁the ▁movie ▁is ▁generally ▁at ▁it ▁most ▁rid icul ous ▁precisely ▁where ▁it ▁hopes ▁to ▁make ▁sense ." ▁ ▁" For ▁she er ▁susp ense ", ▁wrote ▁The ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁Post , ▁it ▁" may ▁well ▁be ▁without ▁peer ", ▁but , ▁while ▁pra ising ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁M ia ▁F arrow , ▁considered ▁the ▁' fi end ish ▁gam ut '