The Keeping Room
Drafthouse Films | Release Date: September 25, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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12
Negative:
0
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91
IndieWireEric KohnSep 13, 2014
Even as The Keeping Room plays with formulaic ingredients, it manages to combine them into an eloquent portrait of gender, race and the constant march of time without overstating any of its potent themes. Read full review
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CineVueBen NicholsonOct 16, 2014
Quieter moments do punctuate the tension - though the mood never sheds the lingering stench of impending death - and the characters are allowed time to breathe and inject a little colour to their long-standing relationships. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerMolly EichelOct 6, 2015
The Keeping Room looks at the brutality of humanity. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 18, 2015
The finale Barber and actress-turned-screenwriter Julia Hart deliver is righteously, remorselessly satisfying. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSep 26, 2015
The Keeping Room is slow and rather arty, with a chamber-music (plus harmonica and fiddle) score and cinematography that shrouds the faces in shadow. But it’s a fine piece of storytelling and earns its look and feel. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 22, 2015
The film's frustrating, fascinating, at times too eager to shock. But it's also daring and eccentric. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiSep 30, 2015
A ruthlessly satisfying thriller, The Keeping Room will linger with the viewer long after the credits roll. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerOct 29, 2015
While the gender-based farmhouse siege is suspenseful and bloody, director Daniel Barber weighs in too heavily with extended silences that slow down the goings-on of a film that has darkly lit tension, lovely scenery and fiercely presented ideas on feminism. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaSep 25, 2015
The Keeping Room does exceed “The Beguiled” with its progressive gender politics and morose minimalist approach. But when it comes to presenting a more watchable story, the older film would be the one that stops you from clicking to another channel if it pops up on TV. A little bit of pulp does help the message go down. Read full review
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