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False Positive

2021

John Lee

Ilana Glazer, Pierce Brosnan, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol ...

4.1

866

Thriller. Horror As if getting pregnant weren't complicated enough, Lucy sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about her fertility doctor.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"If 'False Positive's descent into more alarmingly weird territory threatens to send it off the rails (...) [it] is clever, creepy and original enough to keep you glued."	POS
United Kingdom	Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"A sharp screenplay and strong performances give this life as a watchable thriller, rather than just a mere pastiche."	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Ilana Glazer makes an impressive dramatic debut in an often incisive yet ultimately messy film (...) There’s guts, both figuratively and literally, in the ambitious, uneasy new thriller 'False Positive' (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"All the actors are excellent (...) It’s Glazer, impressively flexing her dramatic acting skills, who draws us in and keeps us there"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] isn’t a bad 'Rosemary’s Baby' riff, it’s worse (...) Lee's aimless feature isn't dark enough to be scary, funny enough to be a comedy, or smart enough to say anything about the many topics it seems to want to tackle"	NEG
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"On a broader conceptual level, 'False Positive' is clever, setting up and then defying expectations through the subversion of tropes (...) But the satire of pregnancy culture is surprisingly mild"	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"It’s the type of audacious feature that leaves you unsure of what you’re watching but unable to get it out of your head long after the credits roll (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"[It] is chilling but ending disappoints (...) [The climax] provides catharsis (...) However, it’s also where 'False Positive' loses its tight grip on the story."	NEU
United States	K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"It is the product of a satirical ambition that lacks the wit to land any heady blows; the horror mastery to be even glancingly scary; the intellect to make those thrills invigoratingly existential; and the sense of humor to make it entertaining (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Jade Budowski Decider	"[It] is a strange little movie, smoothly skating between horror and comedy and making genuinely interesting social commentary in the process."	POS

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