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

Critic scorePublicationBy date
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
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