In the Shadow of the Moon
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): September 27, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesChris VognarSep 26, 2019
The film is never less than engaging, and it’s just about always clever. Read full review
70
IGNChris TillySep 26, 2019
The action is thrilling and the science fiction stuff compelling, but there are several occasions where it feels like the screenplay is talking down to its audience, most notably during its heavy-handed climax. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurraySep 26, 2019
This is an appealingly polished thriller, with something modest but profound to say about how selfish choices can ripple across decades. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 26, 2019
There’s a slicker, more coherent and ultimately more thematically audacious film to be made from the disparate elements that make up In the Shadow of the Moon but what we have is a lovable mess nonetheless. Its ambitions are easy to criticise but hard not to admire, a mad little movie with big ideas on its mind. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 1, 2019
A watchable failure, at best. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 27, 2019
An odd film like this needs a charismatic anchor in its lead role to keep it from losing its human connection and Boyd Holbrook just can’t muster the energy to do that. It’s a strangely flat, unengaging performance that doesn't match the ambition of the overall piece. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeSep 24, 2019
In The Shadow Of The Moon is a disappointing misfire all around, but no matter—like so many other Netflix original films, it’ll be reabsorbed into the streaming void soon enough. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 24, 2019
It's certainly an imaginative concept for a detective story, but the storyline gets so convoluted and baroque that unintentional humor sets in. By the time we learn the outlandish motivation of the time-traveling serial killer and her true identity, the twists have been coming so fast and furious that we've long stopped caring. Read full review
30
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 24, 2019
The dedicated entertainment junkie now has more options than ever before. So if you’re wondering which logy, derivative, visually pedestrian piece of made-for-Netflix pulp you should avoid at all costs this week, it would be hard to top In the Shadow of the Moon. Read full review
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