Body at Brighton Rock
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: April 26, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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5
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4
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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Film ThreatBobby LePireApr 25, 2019
Provocatively toying with horror conventions, Roxanne Benjamin ensures maximum impact when the terror begins; though the occasional awkward edit rears its ugly head. Anchored by a star-making lead turn and sporting superb sound design, Body At Brighton Rock is a bloody good time. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeApr 24, 2019
While Benjamin’s choice to give Wendy little to no backstory makes sense given the film’s overall efficiency, Body At Brighton Rock would be more memorable if she was fleshed out a little further. It’s more fun to cheer for a character that you really feel like you know — even if you just met them. Read full review
72
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpApr 25, 2019
What makes Body at Brighton Rock such good fun is understanding where Wendy is coming from, and connecting to the very specific engine that’s fueling her fear. The movie’s truth doesn’t disappoint, because the truth is that nature plays tricks on the mind. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonApr 18, 2019
Deftly employing the power of suggestion and an emotionally potent sound design, Body at Brighton Rock is a well-crafted thriller with some crafty tricks up its sleeve. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 18, 2019
It’s not edgy enough to join the ranks of indie horror classics, but Body at Brighton Rock is a solidly just–scary-enough thriller that reminds us that it’s not “found footage” that makes us jump, it’s things that shriek in the pitch black night. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayApr 25, 2019
Though Benjamin struggles to fill her running-time, the movie mostly reaffirms that she’s a talented genre director. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 23, 2019
Body at Brighton Rock is the happy work of someone who misses when scrappy genre fare could have low stakes and still feel slightly dangerous; when filmmakers were empowered by the knowledge that a VHS of their schlock took up just as much real estate on video store shelves as a tape of the biggest Hollywood blockbuster. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweApr 24, 2019
Mildly involving indie. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyApr 24, 2019
It takes a promising premise loaded with white-knuckle, things-go-bump-in-the-night possibilities and proceeds to do surprisingly little with them over the course of its slim 87-minute running time. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 25, 2019
Appearing to recognize the flimsiness of her material, Roxanne Benjamin overcompensates with insistent direction. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 11, 2019
Benjamin never quite replicates that creepy feeling of being alone in a dangerous place, resulting in a film that needs some dirt under its nails and to get under our skin to be effective. It simply never is. Read full review
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