Knox Goes Away
Saban Films | Release Date: March 15, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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6
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10
Negative:
3
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90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 14, 2024
Knox Goes Away” is, like its antihero, smart, unconventional and almost obsessively careful. Its unhurried pacing and mood of quiet deliberation won’t be for everyone; but this low-key thriller resolves its shockingly high stakes with a twisty intelligence. Read full review
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 12, 2023
Knox Goes Away doesn’t traffic in comedy — or exaggerated reality. In addition to being a noir that holds you exactly the way a noir should, it may be one of the best dramas about dementia I’ve ever seen. Read full review
80
TheWrapSteve PondSep 13, 2023
Knox Goes Away is a character study of a disappearing character or maybe a thriller that stays away from actual thrills. However you label the film, it’s low key but satisfying. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedMar 18, 2024
Agreeable, multifaceted Michael Keaton has been away from the screen for a while, but as both star and director of Knox Goes Away, his fresh and sophisticated new crime thriller, he proves he’s forgotten nothing about how to invest an offbeat film with his own unique sensibility and control it with precision and power. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 12, 2024
The supporting work is stellar, but this is Michael Keaton’s film to carry every step of the way, and he turns in a typically fine and layered performance as a man who might find relief in the loss of his memories, given all the dark acts he’s committed. Read full review
75
The PlaylistCharles BramescoSep 12, 2023
Though Keaton conveys the deterioration of Knox’s psychology with diligence as an actor, trying and failing to hide his glances of searching confusion, his narrow facilities as a director can’t keep pace with his performance. Read full review
60
ABC NewsPeter TraversMar 15, 2024
Michael Keaton’s second go as star and director stumbles but rises again on the strength of Keaton’s ability to bring his bristling intelligence as an actor to his work behind camera in this darkly comic film noir about an L.A. hitman losing a fraught battle with dementia. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerMar 14, 2024
Keaton seems to take another hitman part as an opportunity for contemplation, a decision that leaves Knox Goes Away feeling like someone hollowed out a DTV thriller in hopes of finding existential despair in the empty spaces. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeMar 11, 2024
As Knox Goes Away motors steadily toward redemption and family reconciliation, it leaves all opportunity for real moral reckoning in its rearview mirror. Read full review
50
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonSep 14, 2023
It isn’t the best in its genre, of course, but the commitment from Keaton, as actor and director, is more than enough for me to rally behind this film for another watch. Read full review
50
The Film StageChristopher SchobertSep 12, 2023
With a little more Keaton charm, a sharper script, and a bit more filmmaking verve, Knox may have succeeded. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 11, 2023
The convoluted storyline is too clever by far, and might have proved entertaining if the film had been intended as an absurdist black comedy. Unfortunately, Keaton goes in a more neo-noir direction, with the generally grim tone only accentuating the narrative absurdities. Read full review
45
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 10, 2023
Knox Goes Away isn’t the first (or fifth) genre effort to play with memory, although it might be the flattest. Read full review
42
IndieWireEsther ZuckermanSep 11, 2023
Ultimately, one just gets the sense that “Knox Goes Away” is unsure of what it’s supposed to be. On one hand, it leans into the chillingly gruesome; on the other, it wants to laugh at the grimness of its own scenarios. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 15, 2024
Knox Goes Away should be noirishly enjoyable hokum. But instead, screenwriter Gregory Poirier’s tribute to an earlier era’s taciturn machismo is more muddled and ludicrous than fleet and clever. Read full review
40
Total FilmMatt MaytumSep 13, 2023
A vaguely promising premise is squandered in a convoluted neo-noir set-up. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsMar 15, 2024
It’s a fascinating premise by screenwriter Gregory Poirier, one that is methodically and quietly built, but ultimately loses any grit, atmosphere, suspense, or emotion it could possibly carry because of a few narrative headscratchers. Even Keaton, usually a sure bet, doesn’t land what the movie is selling. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubMurtada ElfadlMar 14, 2024
Unfortunately, with limp, elongated scenes rendering them unexciting, the whole plot unfolds like a long afterthought the filmmakers had after the audience lost all interest. Read full review
25
ColliderNate RichardSep 17, 2023
There's an interesting story in here, and a far better Keaton performance within it too, but it is the kind of thriller that lacks the tension and excitement that it needed. Read full review
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