Red Rooms
Utopia | Release Date: September 6, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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14
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2
Negative:
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
ColliderMarco Vito OddoJul 10, 2023
It’s rare to feel the tension built inside a theater to the point where everyone is holding their breath, but Red Room is a unique movie that defies expectations and keeps pulling the audience deeper into the dark abysm of human nature. Read full review
91
The Film StageAlistair RyderSep 3, 2024
Regardless of whether you’re approaching it as a satirical examination of true-crime fandoms or as a dark subversion of the typical serial-killer thriller, Red Rooms is an unsettling, uncompromising accomplishment. Read full review
90
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSep 5, 2024
You won't see anything gory in Red Rooms. Nothing is going to jump out of the dark and make you jolt in your seat. But as the film slowly and methodically burns towards its surprising conclusion, your heart will race along with your mind. Do you want to see something scary? Watch Red Rooms. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaSep 5, 2024
The film’s tension rides on the unknown, a paranoid vibe accented by Kelly-Anne’s shady online presence and Gariépy’s stark, sphinx-like performance. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 10, 2023
Gariépy, masterful in her emotional and physical exactness, is a revelation as the enigmatic Kelly-Anne, whose stringent control over herself and her environment masks a sick compulsion whose origins we can only guess at. Read full review
81
Paste MagazineDom SinacolaSep 6, 2024
An open riff on First Blood, with shades of the 1973 Joe Don Baker vehicle Walking Tall, Rebel Ridge also feels like a determined return to the relentlessness of Saulnier’s first films. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOct 23, 2024
This picture about people obsessed with criminals and their grisly crimes confronts us with the mystery of who the obsessives truly are; the questions we ask of Kelly-Anne could also be asked of all us genre fiends. The expressionless, fascinated gaze at the heart of this film is ultimately not the protagonist’s, but our own. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 7, 2024
Plante’s measured pacing and cool, dispassionate storytelling burrow into the skin of the character. It’s not a comfortable place in which to spend time. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis HarveySep 7, 2024
In contrast to most movies about serial killers, this one offers nary a glimpse of violence, let alone any wallowing in sadism. Yet somehow that makes it all the more icky — at times the squirm factor is such that you may think no shower could wash a viewer’s taint-by-association away. Read full review
80
Little White LiesHannah StrongSep 7, 2024
Blending courtroom drama and claustrophobic tech-tinged nightmare, Red Rooms is a striking and austere examination of the true-crime industrial complex that benefits from its formality and disturbingly removed protagonist. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeJul 10, 2023
It’s an uncomfortable watch, but a extremely effective one. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSep 5, 2024
This is a character study in extremis, built around the strengthening bond and rising tension between an aimless serial killer lover and her more driven but mysterious counterpart. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comKatie RifeSep 6, 2024
Gariépy reveals very little about her character’s state of mind in these moments, and this ambiguity is what makes “Red Rooms” so intriguing. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeAug 31, 2024
Red Rooms interrogates how the only thing preventing someone from being sucked down a moral whirlpool is to catch sight of their own zombified reflection on their computer screen. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 3, 2024
A lead performance of pure sociopathic intensity is what makes this serial-killer horror stand out. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJan 30, 2025
Nasty stuff—of the sort, lord knows, that I’ve praised plenty in my time. But in this case the return on icky investment just isn’t there. Read full review
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