65
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: March 10, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
16
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganMar 10, 2023
We’ve seen the bones of this creature before, for sure, but some terrific GGI monsters, swampy scares and Driver’s committed performance make 65 a snap-toothed popcorn multiplex movie which, at 93 minutes, is sprightly in comparison with its lumbering rivals. Read full review
67
The PlaylistSimon ThompsonMar 9, 2023
While the first two-thirds of the film gets the job done, it’s the third act where 65 goes all out, and it sticks the landing perfectly. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 10, 2023
By keeping its goals limited, it’s able to deliver what it promises, and that stands for something. I’ll admit I was more entertained by this high-concept sci-fi adventure than half the films I have seen thus far in 2023. Read full review
60
EmpireJohn NugentMar 10, 2023
An old-fashioned disaster B-movie with a slickly presented sci-fi premise, 65 holds few surprises — but like Adam Driver’s resourceful, humane hero, it gets the job done. More dinosaurs, please, Hollywood! Read full review
60
SlashfilmSarah MilnerMar 10, 2023
65 mainly suffers from weak writing. Action movies don't need to be cranial to be fun, but there should be some stability in the plot. Beck and Woods really struggle to balance the tone, communicate character motivation, and generally craft a compelling story. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd GilchristMar 9, 2023
Anchored by another in a series of committed performances from Adam Driver and an ensemble of suitably menacing prehistoric beasts that chase him for just over 90 minutes, Beck and Woods’ adventure delivers requisite thrills even if its creativity seems stuck in the distant cinematic past. Read full review
50
Little White LiesHannah StrongMar 14, 2023
There’s perhaps a kernel of a good film here, and a lead performance that’s better than it has any need to be, but shoddy execution, lazy world-building and a complete failure to capitalise on any of the potentially interesting threads that (perhaps accidentally) appear means 65 has less of an impact than the harrowing final episode of 90s sitcom The Dinosaurs. Read full review
50
ObserverDylan RothMar 10, 2023
65 is essentially a big-budget version of a simple, made-for-streaming creature feature, nothing more and nothing less. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 10, 2023
Now comes the loony, murky and muddled sci-fi action semi-thriller 65, with A-list star Adam Driver and the talented writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (who collaborated with John Krasinski on “A Quiet Place”) taking a detour through B-Movie Lane in a film that isn’t compelling enough to make for silly popcorn entertainment but isn’t terrible enough to be labeled a disaster. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubManuel BetancourtMar 9, 2023
Aiming to be a gripping survival thriller, 65 rarely surprises. With only two characters to speak of, the stakes feel decidedly low. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 9, 2023
Making an atypical foray into commercial film territory (the Star Wars films being a notable exception), Driver proves a formidable action movie hero, his imposing physicality (and, perhaps, his former experience as a Marine) serving him well here. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussMar 9, 2023
Not cheesy enough to be fun/bad (the recent loss of Raquel Welch reminds us of what a hoot such junk films like her 1966 “One Million Years B.C.” could be) nor awesome enough to compete with the “Jurassic” movies of the world, this production is an in-betweener whose biggest asset is a tight, 93-minute running time. Read full review
45
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMar 9, 2023
The proceedings resemble an impromptu game of make-believe concocted by a kid playing with his or her toys—a situation that renders it both inane and lighthearted. Read full review
42
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonMar 9, 2023
If Sam Raimi were in the director’s chair, rather than just producing, imagine the kind of fist-pumping schlock feast we could have enjoyed. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyMar 10, 2023
The version we get feels like it’s been eagerly pitched, passably storyboarded, then handed over with a defeated shrug to somebody’s second unit. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 10, 2023
It’s not schlocky enough to be so-bad-it’s-good and nowhere near good enough to be taken even a tiny bit seriously. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleDex Wesley ParraMar 10, 2023
If you go into 65 expecting Star Wars meets Jurassic Park, lower your expectations. While there’s not enough outer space to call it an intergalactic odyssey and barely enough dino havoc, 65 has just the right amount of vigor to survive its relatively short runtime. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeMar 9, 2023
It’s not quite the toxic disaster it’s being treated as but 65 is nowhere near the giddy lark it should have been, crash-landing somewhere in the middle instead. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMar 9, 2023
Like Mills’s emotional back story, the special effects seem to have been pulled out of a box of secondhand ideas. Nor is the execution all that impressive. There’s little in the way of awe, suspense or surprise. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 13, 2023
The sci-fi thriller 65 is a “Twilight Zone” episode that over-explains its set-up and surrenders its punch line, a simple quest narrative that lacks thrills and never makes us invest in it and the first serious miscalculation Adam Driver’s made since taking a shot at playing the villainous Kylo Ren. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMar 10, 2023
You’d think a movie in which Adam Driver fights a bunch of dinosaurs couldn’t possibly be boring, but that’s exactly what 65 is. Read full review
35
Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerMar 10, 2023
Beck and Woods seem to have an entirely misguided conception of what people love about B-movies in the first place and, like A Quiet Place, 65 flounders in this middle ground because it won’t commit to being a genre film. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreMar 10, 2023
65 is not good, if that even needs to be said. For something that involves almost nonstop dino action, it’s impressively unengaging, like watching a video game no one’s allowed to play. But its mangled badness is kind of compelling. Read full review
30
CNNBrian LowryMar 10, 2023
65 represents such an uninspired effort as to look like a fossil even before the credits roll. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 9, 2023
Is 65 a hall-of-fame bad movie? No, and that may be its problem. It’s just pedestrian dumb and dull. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedMar 10, 2023
Bad movies waste time, but a contrived, empty-headed dinosaur movie called 65 wastes more of it than anything I’ve seen lately. Read full review
25
ColliderChase HutchinsonMar 10, 2023
Though there are movies that are worse than 65, it is part of a select few that manage to utterly and completely squander their own potential. Read full review
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