Save Yourselves!
levelFILM | Release Date: October 2, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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12
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2
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloSep 30, 2020
Save Yourselves! didn’t have the budget to pull off its ambitiously bizarre and essentially unresolved ending (which might not have been satisfying even had it been fully realized—it’s really way out there, quite literally), but it gets the small things just right, and that’s far more important. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievFeb 20, 2021
In a miserable year filled with grim cinematic fare, this eminently re-watchable science-fiction comedy provides a much-needed spark of lighthearted exultation. Read full review
75
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckOct 1, 2020
A diversion like Save Yourselves! might just save your week. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshSep 29, 2020
How does it all end? Don’t go looking to Save Yourselves! for answers. It lands in an ambiguous middle that’s not too bleak or too hopeful and just falls flat; an exaggerated shrug. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 27, 2020
Even the smaller touches in Save Yourselves! ring true. Read full review
70
The New YorkerAnthony LaneOct 5, 2020
Do not be fooled by the sci-fi trimmings of this film. Despite its light and amiable manner, it’s a sort of “Deliverance” for the digital age, deriding the ability of tame souls, at a supposedly advanced stage of civilization, to cope with the unknown. Read full review
70
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeOct 2, 2020
What truly anchors Save Yourselves! is the specificity of the two leads and the sharpness with which Mani and Reynolds perform the roles. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekOct 2, 2020
Save Yourselves! was completed well before the pandemic hit—it played at Sundance in January — but it’s one of those works that has magically landed at the right time. It takes itself just seriously enough, but not too seriously. Read full review
70
The New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimOct 1, 2020
The quirky Save Yourselves! is not necessarily a genre reinventor but a good example of how much fun you can have on a non-studio budget. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 30, 2020
Save Yourselves! is a small movie about small people doing small things in the face of a (mostly unseen) big event. If it plays things a little too safe at times, that’s probably because it has to. And besides, it’s charming enough that you may not notice, or care. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerOct 1, 2020
Save Yourselves! isn't completely toothless, although its softball targets are only lightly lambasted for their silliness. It's a comedy of manners of sorts, in which puffball personalities are outwitted by barely-sentient spheres of fur. The ending may waft away, but at least it stays true to the story of two people with no tools to make an impact. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyOct 2, 2020
Gleefully high-concept and defiantly low-budget two-hander. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinNov 20, 2020
For the most part it manages an adept balance between satire, sincerity and sheer silliness that’s ultimately winning. Read full review
50
Screen RantMolly FreemanOct 1, 2020
More Millennial introspection than sci-fi movie, what Save Yourselves! lacks in world-building, it makes up for with charming relatable comedy. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJake ColeSep 28, 2020
The film fails to use its millennial characters to investigate contemporary attitudes about the possibility of world annihilation. Read full review
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