Orphan: First Kill
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 19, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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11
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13
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
85
PolygonAusten GoslinAug 31, 2022
Orphan: First Kill is a tremendously clever slasher that has fun with, and lives up to, its absurd premise. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubCourtney HowardAug 15, 2022
Offering the winning combination of a subversive spin on a well-established villain, Orphan: First Kill is a gnarly, wild and absolutely demented ride. Read full review
75
IndieWireRyan LattanzioAug 19, 2022
Coggeshall’s script isn’t especially sharp, as the movie really does hinge around that big twist, but the visual approach and performances from the actors give Orphan: First Kill an edge that should satisfy fans of the original. Read full review
75
ColliderAlyse WaxAug 15, 2022
First Kill is a smart, tight film that fits perfectly into what the first Orphan film set up over a decade ago. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatthew PejkovikAug 24, 2022
Plenty of blood splatter brutality throughout Orphan: First Kill will satisfy gore hounds looking for their next fix. Bell, who previously directed the similarly themed The Boy and grizzly werewolf film Wer, proves to be a deft hand at creating tension without resorting to cheap jump scares. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 19, 2022
The movie is equal parts clever and trashy, made for people who like to see very good actors play people who are very bad. Read full review
70
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerAug 16, 2022
Orphan: First Kill isn’t an especially scary movie, nor is its class-war commentary especially subtle or insightful. Through sheer force of personality, though, these elements are rendered immaterial. Like Esther, the movie has a keen sense of how to weaponize its own audacity. Read full review
70
IGNMatt DonatoAug 15, 2022
Orphan: First Kill doubles down as a prequel about Esther but manages to feel so uniquely standalone thanks to some supreme storytelling swings. Read full review
69
TheWrapLena WilsonAug 15, 2022
“First Kill” takes the best part of its predecessor — its camp value — and dials things up to 11, delivering a movie that demands to be seen at rowdy theaters and sleepovers worldwide. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAug 15, 2022
What makes Orphan: First Kill worthwhile is that it acknowledges the original before taking a hard left turn into overblown soapy madness. The modern gothic of the first film transforms here into a perfectly fitting explosion of operatic schlock. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 16, 2022
Stiles, who classes up everything she touches, had to see something in this. Julia won’t let us down. In Julia we trust. And damned if she doesn’t deliver, as this grim march through murder curdles from Grand Guignol to laugh-out-loud hilarious. Read full review
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