Proxy
IFC Midnight | Release Date: April 18, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2
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80
Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangApr 17, 2014
Whatever Proxy lacks in narrative cohesion and psychological realism, it makes up for in its compelling fever-dream quality and its probing questions about the darker side of parenting. Read full review
80
The DissolveMike D'AngeloApr 16, 2014
Director and co-writer Zack Parker (Scalene) combines a Hitchcockian penchant for disorientation with a Brian De Palma-esque formal bravado, and he’s made the rare film that’s impossible to peg all the way up to its final minutes—a truly unnerving study in multiple pathologies. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoApr 18, 2014
Parker has made a tough, brutal, and often riveting thriller. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnApr 15, 2014
Increasingly silly even as it maintains a grave tone, Proxy doesn't always work, but its commitment to unpredictable twists and pushing beyond morbid extremes bears the stamp of showmanship sorely lacking from many other examples of the genre. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Apr 16, 2014
Proxy’s greatest attribute is its deliberate dismantling of the audience’s assumptions. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 17, 2014
Employing scaled-down sets and low-budget audacity, Mr. Parker, an intelligent and boundary-testing filmmaker, proves less concerned with logic than with how far he can push his characters. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 14, 2014
Skirting horror and black-comedy terrain without quite surrendering to either, the pic proves rather bracing even if it doesn’t hold up to much plot-logic scrutiny. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael NordineApr 16, 2014
Though Proxy shows early signs of being worthy of that vaunted company, it's brought down by some truly wooden performances and an inability to turn its interesting spark of an idea into a workable story. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMay 19, 2014
What's interesting about Proxy is that it plays with all of the ephemera associated with pregnancy – the way that a person's psychology can warp around it – but too often gets bogged down in B-movie clichés and an unnecessarily convoluted narrative that strives for profundity but comes across as crass and dull. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 13, 2014
It transforms itself from a meek lo-fi indie stalker thriller in the key of May to a hysterically sexist and homophobic revenge film. Read full review
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