Martyrs
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: January 22, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
22
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The A.V. ClubAlex McCownJan 20, 2016
Unfortunately, in goosing the momentum, the creators of the film have lost the soul of what was essential to this horrific tale Read full review
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Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaJan 18, 2016
It's hardly a desecration of Pascal Laugier's 2008 French horror film of the same name, but that assumes the original is a canonical text. Read full review
42
The Film StageAmanda WaltzMay 20, 2017
Whereas Laugier’s creation forces the viewer to endure and consider every punch, kick, slap, and slice inflicted upon the female protagonists, the Goetz version prefers to shy away from or downplay the brutality, which results in the rare case of a film suffering from gore deficiency. Read full review
40
The GuardianHenry BarnesMay 20, 2017
What’s left after the gore is stripped away is a mildly bloody, meatless horror. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoMay 20, 2017
Martyrs is the exact movie we feared it'd be - a forgettable remake of a far more prolific foreign success story. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 21, 2016
Deviating from the original in some key respects, this version of Martyrs doesn't make much of a case for its inspiration, but it may attract those hardcore horror fans averse to reading subtitles. Read full review
30
Village VoiceChuck WilsonJan 24, 2016
The co-directing brothers Goetz prove adept at building escape-the-bad-guy action sequences, but they continually run up against the story's Marquis-de-Sade underpinnings. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJan 22, 2016
Both the French and U.S. iterations of Martyrs are transparently voyeuristic cheaply ginned-up Guignol peep shows with intellectual pretensions. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithJan 21, 2016
A self-serving remark on the part of the filmmakers, who place only the tiniest fig leaf of a story on a panoramic canvas of the gory, gross and repellent. Read full review
25
The PlaylistOktay Ege Kozak Jan 20, 2016
Martyrs is only eighty minutes long, sans credits, yet still it manages to cram four bad horror films into its meager runtime. Read full review
10
TheWrapRobert AbeleJan 22, 2016
Depending on what you need from horror like this – shock followed by relief, or a brutalization fix – Martyrs is bait-and-switch, or it’s a drawn-out tease that makes good. Either way, it’s a sop to vile tastes. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJan 21, 2016
The movie feels like a thin excuse to show image after image of women being abused. This Martyrs has the bones of its predecessor, but it's been bled dry. Read full review
0
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJan 21, 2016
Shatteringly stupid and repulsively misogynistic, Martyrs mashes revenge, torture and the supernatural into one solid, quasi-religious lump. Read full review
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