The Carpenter's Son
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: November 14, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

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38
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiNov 14, 2025
While the premise has some undeniable potential, it has been executed by writer-director Lotfy Nathan in a manner that is neither particularly frightening nor spiritually enlightening. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineMark HansonNov 11, 2025
The Carpenter’s Son fails to even offer decent frights, unless one finds the preponderance of CGI snakes particularly scary. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 18, 2025
With its flat location visuals, B-movie gore (snakes pulled from mouths) and colorless score, The Carpenter’s Son is the uninspired origin story you never prayed for. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBrandon YuNov 13, 2025
To graft the story of Jesus onto the template of a genre film is, if blasphemous to the faithful, and mainly just silly to everyone else. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 11, 2025
For all its visual stylishness, The Carpenter’s Son feels like such an essentially misconceived project that it seems destined for future cult status, with audiences at midnight screenings shouting out the more outrageous lines in unison with the actors. Which may not be what the filmmaker intended, but sounds like a lot of fun. Read full review
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