Next Door
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51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
CineVueChristopher MachellOct 8, 2021
Actor Daniel Brühl makes his directorial debut with this delightfully taut, blackly comic satire. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterMar 5, 2021
A little more venom or bite might have been welcome but this is still an entertaining skewering of celebrity and the way a single day can flip from triumph to outright disaster Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 5, 2021
Unlike Malcom & Marie, Daniel Brühl’s feature-length directorial debut proves to be authentically self-castigating. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMar 5, 2021
An amusing, accomplished debut on its own modest terms, Next Door works best as tart meta comedy, becoming increasingly cramped in scope and setting as it spirals into an obsessive revenge thriller. Read full review
58
The Film StageRory O'ConnorMar 16, 2021
Contrary to the setup’s illusions, Brühl distances and thus absolves himself by making Daniel a nasty caricature–arrogant, speaking in brooding actorly tones, eager to pose for selfies and flirt with fans. Had he played it straight, Next Door might just have been vital. Read full review
50
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 5, 2021
The film’s games of genre-shuffling and celebrity self-satire can’t override the essential tedium of its core conflict. Read full review
50
The PlaylistCaitlin QuinlanMar 5, 2021
Brühl works confidently as a director and star, however, hopefully with the potential to be a little more ambitious in the future. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 5, 2021
Spry enough to sustain its wisp of an idea but too contained in both story and setting to resonate beyond its most basic thrills, Next Door is a pleasantly unfulfilled promise of a debut. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Simran HansOct 8, 2021
Though Brühl is an affable and witty screen presence, there’s no getting round the fact that the film is a vanity project. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 8, 2021
It’s not a vanity project (Brühl does not seem in the least vain) but an actor’s project, nonetheless. Read full review
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