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Oxygen

Oxygène

2021

Alexandre Aja

Mélanie Laurent, Malik Zidi, Marc Saez, Eric Herson-Macarel ...

5.9

6,399

Sci-Fi. Thriller A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A claustrophobic sci-fi thriller driven by Mélanie Laurent's gripping performance (...) What's most impressive is the degree to which the tension is sustained."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A clever example of creativity thriving within the strict protocols of the coronavirus pandemic, tense confinement thriller “Oxygen” plays like 'Buried' in outer space"	POS
United States	Lena Wilson The New York Times	"'Oxygen' is the rare genre film that is tight enough to actually succeed on streaming. It will make you put your phone on the other side of the living room for a little while longer"	POS
United States	Matt Goldberg Collider	"Oxygen is a gem of a sci-fi thriller (...) Aja makes us believe that anything could happen"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Melanie Laurent gives an emotionally intense performance in 'Oxygen', a clever, claustrophobic thriller that runs out of gas once it starts revealing its secrets"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"In some ways, this works better without the metaphorical reading – as just a far-fetched, but quite ingenious entertainment, with some bold climactic touches (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"With robust direction in an incredibly confined space and Laurent’s phenomenal work, 'Oxygen' should feel like a breath of fresh air for people looking for something to watch on Netflix (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[It] pulls the audience into its claustrophobic world, building toward the resolution of a mystery that, thankfully, doesn't disappoint."	POS
United States	Michael Frank Ready Steady Cut	"The world Aja creates, along with its central character, has real stakes, connected to an actor that forces you to care about the fragility of her life (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"No movie about a person stuck in a tube should ever be this convoluted (...) Aja’s film loses so much air on the way to its grand finale that it barely has anything left to exhale by the time it’s over."	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"It sounds like a high-tech version of Ryan Reynolds’ Buried; in reality, helped by an outstanding Laurent, Oxygen is so much more (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"Thanks to Mélanie Laurent's excellent performance, 'Oxygen' still captivates enough to be an effective high-concept thriller (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"No doubt 'Oxygen' keeps itself humming at a brisk pace, with a performance by Laurent that holds our attention and a plot that has more than its fair share of twists"	POS
Canada	JoBlo	"A thrilling yet heartfelt tale, 'Oxygen' is bold and beautiful. This should put Alexandre Aja on the map in terms of a bigger output."	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"Oxygen successfully approximates the feel of an escape room (...) At the heart of Oxygen is a bit of misdirection that may especially fool people familiar with Aja’s early, nasty thrillers (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"Aja and his longtime cinematographer, Maxime Alexandre, come up with an impressive array of perspectives on the film’s cramped purview. Stéphane Roche’s editing is similarly stimulating"	POS

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