MaXXXine
A24 | Release Date: July 5, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 50 Critic Reviews
Positive:
31
Mixed:
17
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJul 11, 2024
Gore addicts will be sated – the prosthetics and makeup are robustly grisly – but the story feels rather too glib and predictable to be fully satisfying. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 5, 2024
Goth remains fiercely committed to the bit. West, a talented, ideas-driven film-maker, makes merry with contemporaneous tropes, yet falls well short of the substance or sleaze that defined Cruising, Hardcore, or the other films referenced throughout. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicMeredith G. WhiteJul 3, 2024
MaXXXine isn't a bad movie by any means, but compared to "X," it just feels like another failed horror movie sequel. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerJul 2, 2024
West does so much winking at the audience that he doesn’t leave much time to gaze into the darkness the way a truly scary horror movie does; MaXXXine’s moments of shock are surprisingly few and far between. As a result MaXXXine is rarely as disturbing or as effective as the earlier films in this series. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramJun 26, 2024
The final act loses its way, but in the main West wraps his slasher trilogy in satisfying style, putting a blood-soaked, Hollywood-branded bow on his eras-spanning saga. Read full review
60
The TelegraphStaff (Not Credited)Jun 26, 2024
The style is impeccable. The substance, not so much. Read full review
52
Paste MagazineAlex LeiJul 3, 2024
MaXXXine is iterative to the point that it might be too repetitive of previous entries, but at least it has a good time getting to the point. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJul 10, 2024
MaXXXine gestures toward themes that have been explored throughout the trilogy—namely the lengths one will go to for fame, as well as religious hysteria—but without much conviction. Take away the endless Hollywood references and 1980s signposts (yes, there’s a New Coke gag) and there’s not much else going on here. Read full review
50
Washington PostTy BurrJul 5, 2024
The problem with making homages to junky genre movies is that sometimes you just end up with a junky genre movie. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJul 5, 2024
The style remains firmly in place – this time, it’s a lurid look at Los Angeles in the mid-1980s – but there’s nothing underneath it. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJul 5, 2024
Goth holds MaXXXine together through the sheer force of her charisma, despite the bumpy plot, an underwritten character and the plodding, perfunctory kills that arrive like clockwork. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah-Tai BlackJul 2, 2024
As compared to both X and Pearl, West’s bag of cinema tricks in MaXXXine reaches a level of engagement that feels both compulsive and abridged. Read full review
50
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonJul 2, 2024
MaXXXine can’t decide whether to be a showbiz parody or a giallo sendup or a cute ’80s throwback, and it stumbles when it tries to be all of the above. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJun 28, 2024
For all these films’ paeans to grime and sleaze, they’re controlled imitations rather than the uninhibited real thing. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonJun 26, 2024
Despite some initial swagger, this 1980s-set picture lacks the ingenuity of the previous two chapters – a disappointment made worse by West’s wan attempts to satirise the film industry’s shallowness. Read full review
50
IGNSiddhant AdlakhaJun 26, 2024
Mia Goth shines as usual, and Ti West's third slasher entry feels more visually polished than its predecessors, but it's also more dramatically sterile, thanks to a story that quickly falls apart and mounting references that add up to very little (if anything at all). Read full review
40
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsJul 2, 2024
MaXXXine is the weakest chapter in this throwback horror saga as West just cannot seem to decide what film it is he’s making. And by the time he does, he sadly opts for the most boring and narratively underwhelming one. Read full review
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