The Deliverance
Netflix | Release Date: August 16, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
5
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25
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 1, 2024
For a guy who jumped straight into putting his name before the title of his films, Lee Daniels is still too ham-fisted and clumsy to make these down-market melodramas come off. And he’s got no clue about building suspense and delivering shocks. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerAug 30, 2024
The Deliverance is alternatingly dull and totally nuts. It is never scary, and only sometimes holds your attention. Read full review
25
ABC NewsPeter TraversAug 30, 2024
Even talented people can make terrible movies. Case in point: this all-star, devil-made-me-do-it horror show from Lee Daniels with an overqualified cast, underfunded special effects, a sinkhole of a script and a nutso confidence in its own nonexistent profundity. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerAug 28, 2024
Daniels has the talent to make a genuinely complex horror film. What was “Precious,” if not a horror movie made all the more chilling by its lack of supernatural elements? But for “The Deliverance,” Daniels simply dusts off the same crab-walking, veins-a-popping demon moves we have seen a million times. Read full review
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The TelegraphTim RobeyAug 30, 2024
The film succumbs to being undiluted tripe. Read full review
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