The Kitchen
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 19, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
12
Negative:
0
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60
We Got This CoveredCharlotte SimmonsJan 22, 2024
More a sacrifice bunt than a homerun, 'The Kitchen' is a commendable, if tame, addition to the dystopian sci-fi library that gets by on pure heart. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJan 21, 2024
Robinson and Bannerman are excellent, warily stepping around each other’s expectations and weighing up the cost of allowing themselves to care. Read full review
60
ColliderAidan KelleyJan 19, 2024
Despite solid directing, effects, and production design at various points, The Kitchen doesn't explore its futuristic dystopia nearly as profoundly as it could. Read full review
60
Screen RantNadir SamaraJan 19, 2024
Ultimately, The Kitchen is a film with its heart set on two stories and only succeeds in telling one. Read full review
60
NMEHollie GeraghtyJan 19, 2024
The Kitchen loses some of its potency by balancing too many elements – the world-building, societal context, interpersonal relationships and the paternal bonding that deserves to be the nucleus. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJan 19, 2024
The central father-son plotline feels a little too modest to accommodate Wyatt Garfield’s impressively shot action set pieces, Nathan Parker’s ambitious production design and scathing social commentary, but this remains an impressive and visually innovative directorial debut for the film-makers. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineMatt DonatoJan 18, 2024
Kaluuya and co-writer Joe Murtagh preach a message from the heart, but the inner workings of The Kitchen ring more hollow than the remarkable visuals suggest. Read full review
60
EmpireLou ThomasJan 16, 2024
Not as revolutionary as Children Of Men, nor as wild as Attack The Block, The Kitchen is still solid British sci-fi with a social-realist flavour. An auspicious directorial debut from Tavares and Kaluuya. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 17, 2023
Even at its shakiest, however, “The Kitchen” gets by on the steam of its own fury, and on its tender depiction of a trampled underclass staving off defeat through small, everyday acts of care and empathy. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 17, 2023
The groundwork is laid here for something potentially high-octane – think La Haine meets Ready Player One – but 20 minutes in, the film enters a holding pattern it never really escapes. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 15, 2023
A worthwhile, engaged film. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreJan 19, 2024
Kaluuya co-wrote and co-directed the film, which may have nothing to do with its distracted focus and murky messaging. Or that may explain the movie’s failings entirely. Whatever the cause, it makes for a somewhat immersive mixed-bag of a movie, which puts a damper on any temptation to use “promising first film” in describing it. Read full review
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