Kin
Lionsgate | Release Date: August 31, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 30, 2018
At times dull and plodding and at other times cartoonishly silly, Kin rarely works and, when it does, it’s often for the wrong reasons. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiAug 30, 2018
A disjointed and at times off-putting mess that veers wildly and unconvincingly between a road movie, a family drama, a violent crime film and an offbeat sci-fi thriller before arriving at a finale so loopy that even if I spoiled it here and now, many of you would just assume that I was kidding. Read full review
38
The Associated PressJake CoyleAug 30, 2018
For a movie centered on brotherhood, it’s remarkably empty of any sense of kinship. Read full review
30
Screen DailyTim GriersonAug 28, 2018
Kin never feels like more than uninspired borrowings from other, better genre films; it’s a story about family without any heart. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisAug 29, 2018
Kin is not a snoozer, at least, and the Baker brothers are certainly not untalented, but their genre-mashing experiment doesn’t work on any emotional level. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineJake ColeAug 29, 2018
Jonathan and Josh Baker's Kin, a feature that comprises little more than an extended introduction to its characters, resembles a TV pilot that's been released into theaters as a standalone property. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 28, 2018
I hated this clunker long before the third act “twists” that are supposed to make it better, make it make sense and give us hope that this is a future franchise. Read full review
10
The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 30, 2018
Kin is insufferable, self-seriously combining shut-in nerdiness with wannabe macho pyrotechnics. It’s Bro Cinema in all the worst imaginable senses of the term. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyAug 28, 2018
Kin is a movie about a child with an all-powerful firearm that makes him feel important and special and powerful. On a one-to-ten scale of moral fecklessness, this ranks about a thousand. Read full review
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