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Don't Breathe

2016

Fede Álvarez

Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang, Daniel Zovatto ...

6.4

27,668

Thriller. Horror A group of young burglars break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A perfectly executed thriller, whether you're scared of the dark or not"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Equal parts 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'High Tension,' this elegant and surprisingly fast-paced blend of horror and suspense overcomes some of its more ridiculous ingredients thanks to endless invention"	POS
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"A muscular exercise in brutal, relentless peril that should please genre fans"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Alvarez and cinematographer Pedro Luque use night-vision and every trick in the book and ones not invented yet to trap us (...) Claustrophobics, you've been warned (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"You start out fearing 'Don’t Breathe,' but by the end you’re laughing at it — and the humor is not intentional (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"Apart from its thin characters and occasional trite moments, as well as a silly attempt to set up a sequel, 'Don't Breathe' is just about perfect (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"'Don’t Breathe' is a master class in tension, and while its script could have been written on the back of an envelope, its editing and use of sound design is a triumph for film theorists (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Anita Gates The New York Times	"It will probably please fans of this simple genre with its solid suspense, murky lighting and 'gotcha!' scares."	POS
United States	Charlie Schmidlin The Playlist	"This is well crafted stuff, but similar to another expert at gore-filled tension, Alexandre Aja, the film falls down when dealing with tonal shifts and moral boundaries"	NEU

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