Friend Request
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: September 22, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comMark DujsikSep 23, 2017
When she least expects it, the face of the cat transforms into a monstrous one, with sharp, pointy teeth and a roar. Yes, this is going to be one of those horror movies. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldSep 21, 2017
Sadly, Friend Request is not even the first movie to travel that harrowing Dead Girl Who Still Maintains an Active Facebook Presence road. Read full review
37
Washington PostPat PaduaSep 21, 2017
Despite a few well-timed jump scares, Friend Request never really builds much tension. Read full review
30
VarietyJessica KiangSep 22, 2017
We might lament declining attention spans in general, but more chilling than anything in Friend Request is the idea that anyone’s whole attention could possibly be absorbed by so flimsy and forgettable a film, one that seems made with the sole aim of being perfectly adequate background noise for something else. Read full review
25
IGNWilliam BibbianiSep 22, 2017
It’s a sincere, and sincerely inept motion picture, and that combination makes Friend Request the exact opposite of scary. It makes it unintentionally hilarious. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Sep 22, 2017
There’s nothing remotely clever about this web-based fright flick, visually or conceptually. It’s flimsy genre junk of the most generic variety, just with a really groan-worthy Facebook spin. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 21, 2017
With no real suspense and little empathy, Friend Request devolves into your standard horror cast-killer time-killer. There are more frights in the trailers for upcoming Halloween horror films preceding this — “Jigsaw” and “Happy Death Day” among them. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 20, 2017
The viewer anticipates satire from such a sociologically loaded premise, but director Simon Verhoeven and co-writers Matthew Ballen and Philip Koch predictably utilize Facebook for the purpose of superficially spit-shining another wanly Americanized J-horror retread. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiSep 27, 2017
The whole thing reeks of a spooky Halloween episode of Law & Order that will have your parents shaking their heads in acknowledgment, and you dear reader, shaking your head in disbelief. Read full review
5
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeSep 22, 2017
An utterly idiotic movie that uses social media as a conduit for witchcraft and mayhem. Read full review
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