I Know What You Did Last Summer
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 18, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
15
Negative:
9

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonJul 18, 2025
This recycled trash is no treasure, but I’m betting the majority of this redo’s audience will be young enough to find ’90s-style schlock adorably quaint. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJul 16, 2025
At a time of nostalgia overload (Clueless, Legally Blonde and Urban Legend are next), Robinson finds a way to make her attempt not exactly necessary but unpretentiously pleasurable enough for that not to really matter. There might not be a next summer but this makes for an entertaining last hurrah. Read full review
60
IGNEmma StefanskyJul 16, 2025
There’s a fun slasher buried beneath the too-faithful reboot plot of the new I Know What You Did Last Summer. Unfortunately, it’s overshadowed by too many callbacks to the first movie in the series and too little originality. The mix of new stars and returning favorites provides some urgency, but does little to give it an identity all its own. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerJul 16, 2025
Frankly, the whole movie industry could use more original ideas and fewer looks back to the past. But this one is entertaining enough that I’ll give it a pass. By a small margin, it’s probably the best I Know What You Did Last Summer ever. Read full review
58
Original-CinThom ErnstJul 17, 2025
Whatever you do this summer, watching this reboot shouldn’t be one of them. Read full review
50
Little White LiesPatrick SproullAug 28, 2025
The direction leaves much to be desired too; when the film veers into horror territory, with frequent off-screen kills and often incoherent action, it offers little of the original’s gripping tension. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaJul 17, 2025
If only these intriguing elements were attached to a more exciting film: We may live among our ghosts, but it’s only fun if they’re actually scaring us. Read full review
50
LooperAudrey FoxJul 16, 2025
I Know What You Did Last Summer is a lazy retread of an already mediocre horror film, with only brief flashes of promise peppered between kills. Read full review
45
Paste MagazineJim VorelJul 21, 2025
Leave it to a new version of I Know What You Did Last Summer to highlight that there was never anything particularly interesting about I Know What You Did Last Summer in the first place. Read full review
42
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJul 17, 2025
While one-time teen dreams Hewitt and Prinze Jr. earn their paydays by lending a semblance of gravitas to the silliness, their brief on-screen presence only underline the lifelessness of today’s fresh meat. Read full review
40
EmpireMatt GlasbyJul 21, 2025
“Nostalgia’s overrated,” warns this vacuous slasher with a wink. Trouble is, other than obnoxious new characters meeting immemorable ends, that’s all it has to offer. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonJul 16, 2025
Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson brings some stylishness to the killings, but I Know What You Did Last Summer’s lack of compelling characters robs the story of its juiciest hook: these brutal slayings are cosmic comeuppance for their duplicity. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 16, 2025
Fortunately, Prinze Jr. and Hewitt are on hand to provide some much-needed gravitas to the proceedings (which is not a sentence I ever envisioned writing). Both are in excellent form, providing connective tissue to the original film and its sequel. Read full review
40
Screen RantMary KasselJul 16, 2025
I Know What You Did Last Summer isn't the worst long-awaited horror sequel ever put to screen, but it doesn't try to be anything but a shallow reflection of its predecessor. Read full review
40
ColliderAidan KelleyJul 16, 2025
Those hoping to see their favorite killer Fisherman tackle some fun action sequences will get their money's worth, even if the villain's resolution will raise a lot of eyebrows. If you're looking for something deeper, like fleshed-out characters both new and old and a twisted mystery tale, then this newest installment doesn't hit the mark. Read full review
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