Speak No Evil
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 13, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
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28
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11
Negative:
2
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60
Screen DailyNikki BaughanSep 13, 2024
This remake of the 2022 Danish-language chiller maintains much of what made the original so effective but, in swapping that film’s shocking ending for a more audience-friendly take, loses some of its bite. Nevertheless, a striking performance from James McAvoy keeps things interesting. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredCharlotte SimmonsSep 13, 2024
It pulls too many punches while being too keen on delivering others, but Speak No Evil's mighty cast and swath of subtleties seal a fine deal indeed. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 12, 2024
When you won’t speak the evil of “Speak No Evil,” then a disservice has been done to the source terror and how expertly it refused to deliver us to a safe place. Read full review
60
IGNA.A. Dowd Sep 11, 2024
The American remake of Speak No Evil mostly recaptures the squirmy dread of its shocking Danish inspiration… until it doesn’t. Read full review
60
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsSep 11, 2024
Watkins’ slick direction and McAvoy’s frankly terrifying performance make this an effective, worthy if not essential entry into the “If you go out to the woods today…” creepy canon. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesSep 10, 2024
The film’s slow-burn pace is an asset, not a flaw. Speak No Evil works best when it focuses on the Americans’ escalating fears, and collapses near the end when the psychological horror story turns into a predictable potboiler. But for a good three-quarters of the way, this Blumhouse production is an entertainingly elevated genre piece. Read full review
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Paste MagazineJacob OllerSep 10, 2024
Despite a furiously alpha-male James McAvoy raging through the movie—nearly making this new take into an enjoyable, scareless, hoot-and-holler romp—Blumhouse’s hollowed-out remake undermines its nasty source material with its Americanized sheen. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubNatalia KeoganSep 13, 2024
If this Speak No Evil remake possesses any merit whatsoever, it is entirely owed to the thespian talent involved. McAvoy is perfectly cast, his uneasy grin akin to a mangy dog baring its teeth to signify its alpha status. Read full review
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ColliderEmma KielySep 10, 2024
If you want to give the 2024 film as fair a shot as possible, go in without seeing the original. However, if you only want to devote your time to seeing one version of this story, it should be the original Speak No Evil. It's truly one of the darkest, meanest, and most devastating horror films out there Read full review
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The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 10, 2024
There’s no mystery to Speak No Evil, and even less disquieting creepiness; instead, it’s a bludgeoning beast, epitomized by McAvoy’s Paddy. Read full review
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IndieWireRyan LattanzioSep 10, 2024
This version of Speak No Evil, despite an effectively creepy performance from James McAvoy, grinds the unsettling contours of the original into gory, “Straw Dogs”-lite, home-invasion comeuppance pulp in a last act that’s exactly the sort of dragged-out predictable material Tafdrup sought to avoid. Read full review
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