The Final Girls
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: October 9, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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7
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6
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenOct 8, 2015
A playful deconstruction of the slasher film that ultimately packs a surprisingly affecting punch. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 8, 2015
A horror comedy that proves that with the right actors you can make an amusing movie even if a lot of your ideas are borrowed. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 8, 2015
Todd Strauss-Schulson’s meta send-up of ’80s sex-equals-death slasher movies keeps its goofy good humor throughout, and tosses in a little almost-genuine feeling into the mix for good measure. Read full review
70
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyOct 7, 2015
The heart of this mostly bloodless picture is Max's relationship with her mother's film character, and there are some genuinely touching moments about grieving and the acceptance of loss. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisOct 7, 2015
Both Farmiga and Akerman emotionally connect in the film, which culminates in an ultimate act of maternal sacrifice more moving than you might imagine. Finally! A slasher movie with both brains and heart, both intact. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 8, 2015
Simultaneously violent and droll, The Final Girls is a way to have your blood-soaked cake and eat it, too. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaOct 7, 2015
It lobs a grenade at slasher-movie sadism by making us care about the characters as more than just body-bag fodder. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJun 29, 2015
Strauss-Schulson brings an appropriately wacky comedic style to The Final Girls. Co-writers M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller have shamelessly raided the horror-movie canon, efficiently repurposing familiar references to amusing effect, without neglecting nods to Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and similar fare. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 14, 2015
The concept carries The Final Girls cheerfully past some dry stretches, and the actors are clearly enjoying themselves, with Farmiga the only representative of humorlessness in what is admittedly the sole sincerity-load-bearing role. Read full review
58
The PlaylistKen GuidryOct 13, 2015
Not every joke lands and it’s not as consistently funny as it could have been, but at its best, The Final Girls evokes the offbeat silliness of David Wain’s parody films like “Wet Hot American Summer” and “They Came Together." Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerOct 7, 2015
This makes The Final Girls an odd concoction: a semi-crude and not especially scary horror-comedy with some real emotional depth. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyOct 9, 2015
It's more of an affectionate spoof on 1980's "summer camp" slasher films. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyOct 9, 2015
As horror comedies go, this one sadly winds up somewhere between Scary Movie 4 and 5. Read full review
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