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===Critical response===

[[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports a 92% approval rating, based on an aggregation of 261266 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's consensus reads: "Finding the human story amidst the action, director Duncan Jones and charming Jake Gyllenhaal craft a smart, satisfying sci-fi thriller."<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |title=Source Code (2011) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/source_code/ |title=Source Code (2011) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |accessurl-datestatus=August 18, 2011 |archive-date=August 29, 2011live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829082502/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/source_code |urlarchive-statusdate=liveAugust 29, 2011 |access-date=April 8, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] awarded the film an average score of 74/100, based on 41 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/source-code |title=Source Code Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103102743/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/source-code |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = https://ew.com/article/2011/04/03/box-office-report-hop-source-code/| title = Box office report: 'Hop' springs into first place with $38.1 mil {{!}} EW.com| magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]| access-date = 2021-11-05| archive-date = 2021-11-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211105212158/https://ew.com/article/2011/04/03/box-office-report-hop-source-code/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Critics have compared ''Source Code'' with both the 1993 film ''[[Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/source-code-groundhog-day-scientific-mumbo-jumbo-26025 |access-date=March 31, 2011 |title='Source Code': A 'Groundhog Day' With Scientific Mumbo-Jumbo |website=[[TheWrap]] |archive-date=April 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408235212/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/source-code-groundhog-day-scientific-mumbo-jumbo-26025 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/01/source-code-is-a-disaster-groundhog-day-with |access-date=March 31, 2011 |website=Sign On San Diego |title='Source Code' is a disaster 'Groundhog Day' with twists |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021215821/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/01/source-code-is-a-disaster-groundhog-day-with/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/blogs/the-travers-take/peter-travers-source-code-is-confusing-but-exciting-20110331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403043032/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/blogs/the-travers-take/peter-travers-source-code-is-confusing-but-exciting-20110331 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2011 |access-date=March 31, 2011 |title=Peter Travers: 'Source Code' is Confusing But Exciting |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> and British film director [[Tony Scott]]'s 2006 time-altering science fiction film ''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]'': in the latter case, the similarity of plotline in the protagonist's determination to change the past was highlighted, and his emotional commitment to save the victim, rather than simply try to discover the identity of the perpetrator of the crime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westerngazette.ca/2011/04/06/source-code/ |title=Source Code feels a lot like Deja Vu |last=Holmes |first=Brent |website=[[Western Gazette]] |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120813/http://www.westerngazette.ca/2011/04/06/source-code/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Alternatively, it has been described as a "cross between ''Groundhog Day'' and ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''",<ref name="CNN2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/01/source.code.review |title='Source Code' a smart, original sci-fi thriller |last=Charity |first=Tom |date=April 1, 2011 |website=CNN |access-date=April 1, 2011 |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109172141/http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/01/source.code.review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' film critic Bill Goodykoontz says that comparing ''Source Code'' to ''Groundhog Day'' is doing a disservice to ''Source Code''{{'s}} enthralling "mind game".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2011/03/30/20110330source-code-review-goodykoontz.html |title=Arizona Republic: "Movies: 'Source Code' 4 Stars |website=AZ Central |date=March 30, 2011 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=May 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531092017/http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2011/03/30/20110330source-code-review-goodykoontz.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>