Annabelle Comes Home
Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 26, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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18
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14
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Total FilmMatt GlasbyJul 8, 2019
Creakily slick like the rest of The Conjuring series, this spring-loaded spook story hits the mark more often than not. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearJun 26, 2019
Annabelle Comes Home is not out to reinvent the wheel, or to even rotate the franchise tires. It may not leave you petrified to the core, but it won’t you leave angry, and in this, the Summer of Our Perpetual Disastrous Sequel, that’s no small feat. Read full review
58
The PlaylistRyan OliverJun 24, 2019
The film succeeds as a fun, late-night moviegoing experience, though those looking for something more substantial or memorable, may want to just wait for the next ‘Conjuring’ film and hope it overcomes the hex of the series’ increasingly conventional routine. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichJun 24, 2019
Annabelle Comes Home is only a little scary, and too religiously dedicated to its own ongoing cash-printing megafranchise for big laughs. But the best moments in this low-key domestic horror film have a tossed-off quality, like the whole production cycle was a fun weekend for everybody. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJun 26, 2019
Annabelle Comes Home is so low stakes it’s barely a movie — more like a very special “Brady Bunch” episode in hell. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyJun 25, 2019
Apparently intended as a gateway movie for future horror movie fans, Annabelle Comes Home is a sex-and-death-free haunted-house tale about adventures in demonic baby-sitting. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonJun 24, 2019
Annabelle Comes Home has effective scare sequences, especially as the film ratchets up the tension in its final reels, but this sequel ultimately feels too mechanical, and too familiar, to unnerve as proficiently as previous entries. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJun 24, 2019
Although it makes for an initially absorbing narrative and filmmaking challenge, with nowhere for the characters to run or hide, the thrills and shocks gradually become repetitive, as the writer-director recycles his own material, forcing the girls to evade the same threats again and again. Read full review
40
EmpireBen TravisJul 9, 2019
Lacking the style and scares of the better Conjuring movies, Annabelle Comes Home plays its tantalising spookhouse concept a little slow and far too straight. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJun 25, 2019
When the doll has more vitality than the movie around it, there's a problem. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelJun 25, 2019
An ever-changing obstacle course does sustain its own kind of tension, but it’s not like there’s a real puzzle to solve, nor any arc to the plot. The movie is just a succession of scary stuff happening, haunted-ride-style. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJun 24, 2019
Neither the worst nor the best of the Conjuring franchise, Annabelle Comes Home is only as creepy as it needs to be and no more. Keep your expectations low and you might just enjoy it. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJun 24, 2019
Annabelle Comes Home is hopelessly light on scares. Read full review
40
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanJun 24, 2019
When it comes down to it, you can’t have a strong horror movie without a strong villain. Given that Chucky is currently working overtime to torment an entire community, surely Annabelle can do more than offer up a couple of creepy grins before calling it a day. Read full review
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