Black Christmas
Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 13, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
8
Negative:
8
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60
Rolling StoneDavid FearDec 14, 2019
You could, however, accuse this Black Christmas of elevating the subtext of decades’ worth of slasher flicks to the point that the text itself starts to take a backseat, or that its third-act reveal may be trying a tad too hard to grab the social-thriller brass ring. You would not necessarily be wrong. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonDec 13, 2019
Anchored by Imogen Poots’ emotional performance, Black Christmas is uneven and overreaches, and yet its anger at a misogynistic society gets its claws into its audience. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergDec 12, 2019
If the 2019 Black Christmas is not nearly as chilling as the original, it is genuinely barbed as gender satire, and it cleverly pre-empts obvious outrage. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubBeatrice LoayzaDec 13, 2019
The latest Black Christmas reboot understands the frustrations and lived horrors of modern sexual politics, but stumbles over its scares and the finer points of its feminist messaging. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattDec 13, 2019
A sort of forgettable Christmas wisp, a black-hearted jingle bell only half-rung. Read full review
55
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanDec 12, 2019
As a mainstream slasher remake, Black Christmas is bound to be judged a letdown. But Takal’s aims are more subversive. And thanks to her, there’s now a bonkers deconstruction of a mainstream slasher remake hiding in plain sight. Read full review
40
EmpireIan FreerDec 13, 2019
A feminist horror flick that lacks nuance in its feminism and thrills in its horror. But it should be applauded for reinterpreting rather than just retreading the original. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 12, 2019
Sophia Takal's update of the cult classic turns the real horror of campus assault into a springboard for cheap thrills. Read full review
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