Death of a Unicorn
A24 | Release Date: March 28, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
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25
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83
The PlaylistChase HutchinsonMar 8, 2025
It all makes for a clever, measured, mirthful, and joyous film with the real potential to be a modern monster movie classic whose legs could easily see it sprinting into being a routine rewatch every single year. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 27, 2025
Overall, Death of Unicorn falls short of being the Next Great Cult Classic but there’s enough here to enjoy for those who appreciate offbeat horror that doesn’t skimp on the grotesque aspects of the genre. Read full review
75
PolygonRafael MotamayorMar 27, 2025
Death of a Unicorn delivers on its biggest promise — a gnarly, funny creature feature with a fantastic ensemble, and all the unicorn-themed gore you can imagine. Read full review
75
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerMar 27, 2025
The suspense is solid, with just enough glorious gore to satisfy most audiences, and there are little touches throughout the film that sometimes feel plot-motivated, sometimes don’t, but all prove compelling. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 10, 2025
Writer/director Alex Scharfman’s script is clever, but this truly feels like the kind of project that collapses with the wrong people in it. Every member of this film’s ensemble understood the assignment, elevating this unique creature feature from just another disposable “Jurassic Park” riff into something memorable through their comic timing and group chemistry. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineRocco T. ThompsonMar 9, 2025
Death of a Unicorn taps into the anti-capitalist strain in late-20th-century monster movies from Alien to Jurassic Park by tracing a clever through line from the unicorns of antiquity to the present. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 27, 2025
Here, at least, the performers — who include Téa Leoni as Odell’s wife, the very funny Will Poulter as the Leopold son and Anthony Carrigan as a put-upon servant — have the kinds of ductile faces, rubber-band moves and vocal dexterity that can keep even sluggish material moving. Read full review
70
Paste MagazineTrace SauveurMar 9, 2025
Death of a Unicorn may not be much more than another peg in an era of eat-the-rich cinema that has certainly become oversaturated in this form, yet time and time again its reflection of our times feels befitting. Read full review
70
ColliderNate RichardMar 9, 2025
Death of a Unicorn is a delight; a clever, sharp-horned, and violent horror-comedy that demands to be seen on the big screen with an audience. Read full review
70
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiMar 9, 2025
Death of a Unicorn is incredibly entertaining. It's weird and a bit goofy (in the best way), with a satisfying ending and character interactions that are off the wall. Read full review
65
LooperReuben BaronMar 12, 2025
Not a great movie, but "horror-comedy where unicorns kill rich people" is the sort of high concept that guarantees some level of entertainment, and excellent casting helps compensate for its weaknesses on the screenplay level. Read full review
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SlashfilmMichael BoyleMar 8, 2025
If you want to watch a bunch of silly rich people get murdered by a unicorn, this is the film for you. And if you want to watch Jenna Ortega co-lead a horror/comedy slasher movie again, you're gonna have a good time. Read full review
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Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 27, 2025
Writer and director Alex Sharfman’s splurchy dark comedy carves itself into halves, a clever first half followed by a more routine second one. Yet it’s a feature film debut signaling a filmmaker of actual wit. So you go with it — I did, anyway, most of it, more or less — even when its sense of tone and direction goes sideways. Read full review
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