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
51
IGNWilliam BibbianiAug 28, 2018
All the genre elements play like an afterthought, and that's frustrating because the rest of the movie isn't quite spry enough to stay interesting without action, adventure, or at least little more weirdness. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshAug 30, 2018
It's just a devastatingly sad and terrible story about two brothers who make bad choices, suffer the consequences and lose the last shreds of family they have left. No amount of 11th hour twists, reveals or bigger ideas can shake that inescapable feeling of dread and sorrow. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 30, 2018
The results are, in artistic terms, a modest success. In commercial terms, it’s a dicier prospect — viewers expecting the kind of bigger-budget spectacle that typically ensues when a screen teenager stumbles into sci-fi situations may be befuddled by what’s primarily a medium-scaled road trip drama with thriller elements … and a very special ray gun. Read full review
50
Washington PostJane HorwitzAug 30, 2018
Cinematographer Larkin Seiple’s fine camera work and Eli’s mystery weapon just don’t keep the thunking, derivative script afloat. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonAug 30, 2018
Kin positions itself as a B-movie cobbled together from sci-fi favorites of the past, and so we grant the movie wide latitude to be goofy. It's meant to be out there. Even by those lax standards, though, Kin tries the patience. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAug 29, 2018
This mash-up of family drama and science fiction is a pleasant but unconvincing adventure with strong adolescent appeal and music by Mogwai. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenAug 28, 2018
Newcomer Myles Truitt inhabits the role with an earthbound soulfulness — what you might call the opposite of heroic flash — and even when the film’s progress feels more mechanical than organic, he’s easy to root for. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAug 28, 2018
It’s a simple idea, to take this working-class family and introduce what amounts to a high-tech ray gun, but the hook is so effective that it buys Kin a fair amount of time before the story turns from scrappy to stupid. Read full review
45
TheWrapTodd GilchristAug 28, 2018
It never feels complete or thought through enough, either as a story or more crucially, an emotional experience — which is exactly what audiences would need in order to want to see more. Read full review
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