Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 13, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
13
Negative:
17
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyApr 12, 2018
Wadlow manages to ratchet up the tension in the most clever set pieces, the best of which involves a bottle of vodka and a rooftop. It’s also the type of shlocky horror movie you want to watch with a big audience, and, dare I say, one that is especially fun, and funny, with a chatty crowd. This movie is too stupid not to laugh at. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeApr 11, 2018
The director, Jeff Wadlow, has a puppyish eagerness to impress, shock and entertain and as silly as the film might get, it’s never dull. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsApr 13, 2018
A genre movie that's at war with itself. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerApr 12, 2018
The film has its moments and some things to say about honesty and selflessness, but the plot is manipulated and the ending is not an ending. Truth be known. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeApr 11, 2018
It’s a muddled, contradictory, confusing mess, made even more so by the darkly cynical streak that runs through the film. Read full review
41
IGNWilliam BibbianiApr 12, 2018
Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare is what happens when high concepts crash. The audience is here to watch people play a deadly game of Truth or Dare, and yet the film’s truths and dares are unremarkable, and the players are mostly boring. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfApr 20, 2018
Truth or Dare ultimately plays like soap-opera trash. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredRobert Yaniz Jr.Apr 19, 2018
Truth or Dare lacks the conviction to do anything remotely interesting with its premise, instead falling back on one tired horror cliche after the next. Read full review
40
EmpireBen TravisApr 16, 2018
The truth is, it’s not very good – and entirely without scares. But we dare you to watch it without unleashing a few unintended laughs along the way. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 12, 2018
It’s a lame, scare-free film that wants really badly to work in the vein of “It Follows,” but has none of the intelligence. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinApr 12, 2018
Truth or Dare is the kind of film that must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but its initially appealing premise – what if a demon possessed a drinking game? – quickly falls to pieces under its own self-generated confusions. Read full review
40
TheWrapDan CallahanApr 11, 2018
The premise of Truth or Dare is needlessly convoluted, and it is overloaded with information and side characters. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 11, 2018
The movie not only fails to represent the peak of the young Blumhouse shingle's output (Get Out is not their only inventive film), but gets silly in ways that we've seen on screen for decades. Read full review
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