Detention
Dekanalog | Release Date: October 8, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The Film StageJared MobarakOct 14, 2021
While a lot of Detention is steeped in anguish and anxiety, the terror induced by those emotions becomes the pathway back into the light. Read full review
70
VarietyJessica KiangOct 14, 2021
The absorbing and entertaining Detention works well enough as a primer on a traumatic period of history, and as a story of semi-supernatural salvation for sins past, that it earns its surprisingly moving final moments, and even its heavily on-the-nose exhortation to modern-day Taiwan to remember and honor its ghosts. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayOct 14, 2021
In gaming terms, this movie’s characters find themselves on a screen where every move leads to a bottomless pit. The nightmare they’re in is as existential as it is visceral. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comIsaac FeldbergOct 14, 2021
Making his directorial debut, Hsu clearly has an eye for striking imagery, and Detention is filled with moments of shuddering, abstract beauty. But his ghost story never quite materializes from its uncanny ether. Read full review
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