False Positive

Name: False Positive
Genre: Horror
Released: June 25, 2021
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Gretchen Mol, Ilana Glazer, Josh Hamilton, Justin Theroux, Kelly AuCoin

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Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): June 25, 2021 | R

Starring: Gretchen Mol, Ilana Glazer, Josh Hamilton, Justin Theroux, Kelly AuCoin, Lucy Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Sabina Gadecki, Sophia Bush, Sullivan Jones

Summary: After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle's gleaming charm, and she sets out toAfter months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle's gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” As if getting pregnant weren't complicated enough.… Expand

Director: John Lee

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Richard Roeper

Jun 24, 2021

With Ilana Glazer leading an outstanding cast, False Positive is not a movie you can easily shake off in a day or two. Or three. Read full review

David Rooney

Jun 18, 2021

Director Lee, who co-wrote the screenplay with Glazer and was a frequent Broad City collaborator, doesn’t quite sustain that bold stylistic stamp, even if the perturbing intimacy and insidious angles of the visuals go a long way toward masking the uneven tone. Read full review

Katie Rife

Jun 18, 2021

Glazer and Lee both work primarily in comedy, but the commentary here is drier and more serious, producing knowing nods instead of outright laughter. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jun 18, 2021

There are ominously edited portents and a score that starts at fever pitch and rarely pulls back. But the frayed strands of the horror plot feel hastily woven together, and underwhelming when all is revealed. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Jun 25, 2021

It’s a moderately effective horror movie with a much better, creepier and more nuanced one nestled invisibly alongside, the unborn twin ghost of a movie that might have been. Read full review

Helen Shaw

Jun 26, 2021

False Positive fails to cohere. Glazer and Lee’s script scatters its thematic attention in the last third, which ruptures the movie’s attempt to build dread, and director Lee creates a thin, under-realized world. Read full review

K. Austin Collins

Jun 28, 2021

It’s the product of a satirical ambition that lacks the wit to land any heady blows; the horror mastery to be even glancingly scary; the intellect to make those thrills invigoratingly existential; and the sense of humor to make it entertaining. What it is, is limp, dull, half-cocked — with a few good performances from good enough actors that hints at how a smarter movie might have worked. Read full review

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Magion

Nov 29, 2022

This great film is about how modern medicine loses its human aspect and becomes a tool of heartless technocrats. I see an analogy with the vaccination against the Kovid virus, where population statistics came first before the individual interest of a specific person.

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Briherenow

Jun 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Puts you into Lucy's shoes, and really isolates you. Ending catches you off guard… Expand

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RichardSayre

Sep 30, 2021

A deliciously freaky bout from A24 while simultaneously feeling like it's missing that A24 vibe, FALSE POSITIVE is a fun horror flick reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby. Ilana Glazer gives a solid performance here as the bewildered mother, and Pierce Brosnan is equally as fun to watch as aA deliciously freaky bout from A24 while simultaneously feeling like it's missing that A24 vibe, FALSE POSITIVE is a fun horror flick reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby. Ilana Glazer gives a solid performance here as the bewildered mother, and Pierce Brosnan is equally as fun to watch as a deviously creepy doctor. Nothing great buy a decent quasi-horror film.… Expand

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theredsky

Jul 4, 2021

A fun performance from Pierce Brosnan can’t save this train wreck of a film. Everything about this is such a boring mess that it becomes insufferable at points. Brosnan is obviously having some fun with his role but his character is pretty awful. All of the characters are pretty awful to beA fun performance from Pierce Brosnan can’t save this train wreck of a film. Everything about this is such a boring mess that it becomes insufferable at points. Brosnan is obviously having some fun with his role but his character is pretty awful. All of the characters are pretty awful to be honest. None of them feel relatable or have obvious intentions. Nothing really makes a ton of sense with this story. It’s a take on Rosemary’s Baby but it never really does anything with that. The main character has some hallucinations and thinks Brosnan is up to something and he is but the journey to get there is incredibly boring. All of the dialogue scenes are insufferable. The dialogue is awful and it never really contributes anything to the overall story. The ending is probably the worst ending to a film this year. It’s so out of left field and weird. I like weird conclusions but it doesn’t feel deserved at all and goes into some really dark places before going “just kidding”. Besides Brosnan, all of the performances are fine. They aren’t great but they aren’t Bad per say. I did enjoy the music sometimes but it was very standard and boring. The cinematography is incredibly bland. There isn’t any interesting shots at all besides maybe one or two. Some of the sets are kinda cool with the pure aesthetic hiding something dark. I would recommend not checking this out because it’s a disaster of a film that has the unadded bonus of being extremely boring.… Expand

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Rpc

Jun 26, 2021

Watching this movie is such a waste of time. At first I was interested in the misogynist aspect of the film, soon I really didn't care about the characters or the plot. If False Positive was a fish, it would be a puffer.

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DeMoe

Jun 25, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's the sickest ending... Ugh. FIRST TIME I REGRET WATCHING A MOVIE! I wish I could unseen that ridiculous ending scene … Expand

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Mandrakee

Jul 26, 2022

The worst movie I have ever watched. Such a waste of time. Completely needless vulgar scenes, very slow and obvious plot. Don't watch it if you value your time

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