Knock Knock
Lionsgate | Release Date: October 9, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
HitfixDrew McWeenyFeb 9, 2015
Knock Knock has something genuine to say, and it uses some really dark dramatic beats to get there. Read full review
80
EmpireDamon WiseJun 23, 2015
Roth and Reeves locks us in for an increasingly terrifying thrillride. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 8, 2015
One of the most entertainingly ludicrous movies of the year. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyOct 8, 2015
Knock Knock ends on a not entirely satisfactory note, but delivers a pretty mean genre wallop getting there (with almost zero gore). Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaOct 8, 2015
Roth's tale is fairly twisty, as the behavior of the women grows increasingly violent and more outrageous. The two are not simply nut jobs; Roth presents them as a form of avenging angels who target philandering husbands. That's an interesting premise, but the movie lacks the depth or layers to make that truly compelling. Read full review
70
VarietyBen KenigsbergFeb 1, 2015
[A] glossy and reasonably fun update of Peter Traynor’s 1977 exploitation movie “Death Game.” Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 7, 2015
It’s the kind of vanity-free, dignity-be-damned performance that Nicolas Cage regularly delivers, and by the time Keanu is bellowing hysterically about free pizza, the urge to surrender becomes difficult to resist. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniOct 8, 2015
While its message is a little simplistic, Knock Knock is shot through with a brilliant, gleefully anarchic dark humor that's equally fun and disturbing. Read full review
60
The GuardianMike McCahillOct 7, 2015
Little here is going to challenge the opinion of Roth as a bratty provocateur, but it’s still fun to experience a latter-day thriller pushing so many buttons in broadly the right order: if Knock Knock’s no more than a sick joke, it’s been very shrewdly constructed. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichael NordineOct 7, 2015
The best villains are those whose motivations prove uncomfortably persuasive, and Knock Knock's drop-dead-gorgeous home invaders predicate their cruel game on too shaky a foundation to truly unsettle. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyOct 14, 2015
Knock Knock is a pretty flimsy erotic thriller, but thanks to Reeves’ oaken obliviousness it’s also got a few moments of deliciously trashy fun. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 9, 2015
There's satiric potential here, but Eli Roth's sense of humor abandons him when his hero isn't about to get down with the get down. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireOct 9, 2015
The ending — with its revelation of what these girls were really after all along — is so frustrating, you’re likely to wonder: Is that all there is? Read full review
50
TheWrapDan CallahanOct 8, 2015
What’s at play here is how sex and the sexual impulse can unleash destructive forces, and Roth enjoys conveying that destruction visually as he lets the ladies loose all over this bourgeois house. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartOct 7, 2015
Men are pigs! Women are psychos! One-percenters have it coming! Pick your moral in this nasty, single-setting thriller that’s ultimately quite tame by the standards of torture-porn director Eli Roth (“The Green Inferno”). Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedOct 7, 2015
Because it’s written and directed by slick slasher king Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel), expect some genuine, well-executed thrills that keep the adrenaline going. This is a good thing, because Keanu Reeves has the adrenaline rush of road kill. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 7, 2015
A film that flirts and flirts with explanations for its action without ever delivering. Read full review
50
Screen DailyAnthony KaufmanOct 7, 2015
Young actresses, Lorenza Izzo, who plays the dark-haired vicious vamp, and Ana de Armas, a Marilyn Monroe-like nymphette, are fine as the sociopathic femme fatales, toying with their sexiness like a loaded weapon. But Reeves is the obvious big draw here, and he’s fun to watch, alternating between exasperation, fury and helplessness. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnFeb 1, 2015
The movie's uneven tone and ridiculous twists never quite gel, but Knock, Knock is so eager to please that it's hard not roll with the absurd depravity on display — which has been the essence of Roth's appeal from the outset. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiOct 7, 2015
Knock Knock is a nasty bit of business, and fans of Roth are not likely to be disappointed. But for everyone else, the joke's on them. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOct 26, 2015
The film collapses, because it doesn’t convince us on a basic level: The characters are driven by convenience, not behavior, and their actions seem like they’ve been manhandled into place to make the plot work. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 8, 2015
Roth, who is no Michael Haneke (or even Adrian Lyne), seems unconcerned with creating genuine tension or digging into an allegory of moral consequence. Read full review
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