Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 77% of the 183 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average critical score of 6.56/10. The site's consensus states, "Its time-shifting narrative creates distracting casting problems, but ultimately, The Debt is a smart, well-acted entry in a genre that could use more like it."[12] Metacritic, a review aggregator which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 65 based on 37 reviews.[13] Victoria Alexander of Films in Review said of the film, "The twists are shocking and mesmerizing.