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Better Watch Out

2016

Chris Peckover

Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Virginia Madsen ...

5.9

4,161

Thriller. Horror On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is FAR FROM a normal home invasion.

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"The kind of film that’s tough to categorize but easy to enjoy (...) The action is intelligently staged and makes fine use of various household items"	POS
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"After the first big twist about a half-hour into the film, you might (...) wish to leave the theater (...) But stick it out, because the film will continue to defy your expectations"	NEU
United States	Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"A deliciously subversive take on the home-invasion thriller (...) A careful rebalancing between real malice and cartoon craziness."	POS
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"A clever black comedy-cum-horror pic (...) [DeJonge] provides grit and resilience as the principal victim"	POS
United States	Clark Collis Entertainment Weekly	"Peckover’s sharp directing keeps things nicely nasty without ever going too far over the top"	POS
United States	April Wolfe LA Weekly	"Peckover and co-writer Zack Kahn demonstrate a solid grasp of what we’re used to seeing in horror"	POS
United States	Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"This is the kind of lousy horror movie that hinges on a twist that comes about 30 minutes in (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"A consistently surprising and unusually well-acted thriller, which says pertinent things about suburbia, holiday entertainment and toxic masculinity."	POS

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