Fatale
Lionsgate | Release Date: December 18, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJan 7, 2021
As the plot twists grow increasingly ridiculous and some of the main characters have to act like complete idiots just to keep the story rambling along, “Fatale” commits the crime of somehow becoming tedious and dull even as the body count piles up. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreDec 18, 2020
The David Loughery script — he wrote Ealy’s “The Intruder” — wins points for attempted twists, but frankly they don’t build suspense or deliver shocks, so what’s the point? Read full review
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IndieWireKate ErblandDec 18, 2020
What’s most deadly about Taylor’s latest isn’t a miscast Swank or her character’s demented arc, or even the uncomfortable Ealy and his character’s insane idiocy, it’s the sense that this sub-genre should still be able to have plenty of naughty fun doing very bad things. Just not this kind of bad. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comChristy LemireDec 18, 2020
It lacks the verbal punch of a pulpy film noir. Its pacing is too slack to serve as a gripping romantic thriller. It even rings hollow as a cautionary tale, because everyone is scheming and duplicitous and so no one has been truly wronged. Read full review
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