Held
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: April 9, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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3
Negative:
2
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80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 7, 2021
Cannily exploiting #MeToo themes and the opportunities for cinematic mayhem provided by technology-driven smart homes, Held proves an uncommonly thoughtful and provocative suspenser. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Anna StaffordApr 8, 2021
The film is scary not in its extraordinary imaginings but in the mundane familiarity that underpins those imaginings. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyApr 8, 2021
Beyond the premise though, Held is pretty much stale ginger ale, not fresh, no fizz, thinly acted and tepidly paced. While it’s passably interesting, watching co-directors Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing (The Gallows) explore the antiseptic house as if watching a a real estate video, the accompanying thin drama drifts into episodic genre violence and doubtful logic. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 5, 2021
The film doesn’t quite cut to the heart of the socially nurtured fantasies that splinter men from women. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayApr 8, 2021
It lacks the cleverness or the panache to give its schtick the proper zing. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 6, 2021
Held may have messaging that fits the cultural moment well enough, and visceral violence that pulls us in and engages — eventually. But that first hour has beaten our interest in this slow-moving indie thriller to death long before that. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyApr 9, 2021
And while I understand the anger that animates Awbrey’s script, anger doesn’t excuse its overall weak argumentation, not to mention its rampant plot holes. Read full review
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