Adulthood
Republic Pictures | Release Date: September 19, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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75
The Associated PressMark KennedySep 17, 2025
Fitting for a movie with an actual skeleton in a closet, “Adulthood” is about legacy and how we become our parents. It’s also about recognizing that our parents are human and complicated. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comZachary LeeSep 12, 2025
If the movies have already made growing up seem like hell, director Alex Winter’s dispiritedly cynical but rousingly comical “Adulthood” reminds us that there’s always a tenth circle to that inferno. Read full review
70
ColliderShawn Van HornSep 23, 2025
Adulthood is a film with three-dimensional people who are good for some laughs due to their reactions, but the surrounding plot is high-stakes and filled with suspense. Every single time you think you know where it's going, a new twisting avenue carries us somewhere else. Read full review
69
Paste MagazineJim VorelSep 19, 2025
Adulthood makes the occasional odd choice, setting up elements that seem like Chekhov’s gun-type instances that never get around to paying off, and it’s never quite as tense as Winter probably envisioned it would be, even when it builds up a head of steam. But there are enough moments of either well-calculated gallows humor or generational commentary to keep things moving briskly along, and both Gad and Scodelario find room to have a new definition of maturity thrust upon them. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinNov 14, 2025
The package has a nasty little swagger that makes it a nice counterpoint to all the holiday cheer coming our way. Read full review
60
Next Best PictureJason GorberSep 19, 2025
If you’re looking for a brisk bout of debauchery and family shenanigans, Alex Winter’s latest chilly tale may well be something to be warmed by. Read full review
50
IndieWireSam BodrojanSep 16, 2025
Alex Winter’s amusing but slight film is a wacky romp about intergenerational trauma and cycles of abuse, though that’s pretty obvious from any given promotional image. As crazy as the movie purports to be, there’s never an unexpected moment. Thankfully, this turns out to be less of a problem than it should be. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenSep 19, 2025
It’s certainly a tasty premise — one that holds considerable noir-tinged promise — and for at least the first half of the film, the quirky blend of increasingly grisly goings-on and wryly observed social commentary forms a cohesive whole before veering irretrievably out of sync. Read full review
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Screen RantGraeme GuttmannSep 11, 2025
By the time the film turns off autopilot, it's far too late, and the ending lands with the dull thud of a long-rotted body wrapped in an old rug. Read full review
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