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Dashcam

2021

Rob Savage

Annie Hardy, George Keeler, Seylan Baxter, Amer Chadha-Patel ...

5.0

778

Horror A caustic online streamer’s anarchic behaviour triggers a non-stop nightmare in this screenlife frightfest.

	Author	Review
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"'Dashcam' invites us to spend a full hour with one of the worst characters ever captured on a screen (...) The entire experience is frustrating because I know Savage and company can do so much better"	NEG
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"The result is at once fun and fatiguing. Scary it’s not, and many viewers will find their patience tested"	NEU
United States	William Bibbiani The Wrap	"It digs itself into a hole without finding any depth (...) It’s so incredibly frustrating [because it] doesn’t seem to have much of a point to make."	NEG
United States	C.J. Prince The Film Stage	"As entertaining as its back half is, the abrasive stabs at cultural commentary from the establishing act make this journey to that point a bit of a slog."	NEU
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"Equal parts confounding, challenging, and insanely fun, 'Dashcam' is horror at its most inventive."	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Its execution and limited scope of vision make 'DASHCAM' feel like a disconnected series of incredible horror moments rather than a coherent narrative (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"Nasty, brutish and mercifully short, but occasionally mildly amusing (...) It's not pretty (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Anna Swanson Film School Rejects	"[It] treats its technical conceit as nothing more than a gimmick and not an opportunity to utilize new methods and advance an emerging genre"	NEG
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Savage proves he knows how to manage a forced perspective of modern technology (...) An abrasive experience, but I think it's supposed to be (...) I have no desire to ever watch it again"	NEU
United States	Drew Tinnin Dread Central	"[It creates] an experience akin to a wild ride at an abandoned theme park (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Furiously chaotic horror, which delivers laughs and jumps but few real scares (...) The result is a freewheeling, erratic energy which is constantly tipping over into aggression and confusion"	NEG
United States	Sam Adams Slate	"If you've ever watched a slasher movie and rooted for the killer, you're ready for 'Dashcam' (...) A chaotic, sometimes aggravating portrait of chaotic, aggravating times"	NEU
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"It's unrelenting –and not in a good way (...) There are a few laughs along the way, but the random shocks wear thin and none of it is remotely frightening (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mark Hanson Slant	"Of course, you could say that 'Dashcam' is nothing if not consistent, as it's every bit the empty provocation as the troll at its center (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ben Travis Empire	"It's a film that merrily doles out jolts (...) Rob Savage, Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd have done it again. Grab several friends, and prepare for a chaotic ride (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kristy Puchko IGN	"A major failure (...) [It] is not just unoriginal, it's sloppy, soulless, and sickening (...) Savage ghoulishly uses his polarizing protagonist as a smokescreen to obscure that he has nothing new to offer"	NEG
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"When other people pick up her camera, they still manage to focus on shooting the right things rather than just 'bringing' the camera. It ruins the illusion for me. Still, I am a fan of Savage's style (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Matt Donato Paste Magazine	"Savage never wants to confront his character's tasteless and tactless behaviors because there isn't a lick of satire or spoof in the screenplay"	NEG
	David Katz Cineuropa	"Wilfully absurd horror (...) Not-especially-scary, yet still striking (...) 'Dashcam' has the immediacy of a recently published tweet, and feels unusually plugged into the zeitgeist of how we consume images and information today"	POS

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