The Motive
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 17, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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70
Film ThreatAlan NgAug 20, 2018
The Motive is a fun, light film with a sad sack lead we can love and good laughs sprinkled throughout. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAug 20, 2018
With its probing camera and spare piano score, the film effectively creates a clinically sterile environment that’s as spiritually devoid as the soul of its protagonist, and while the inevitable twist ending doesn’t land with the unsettling thud it might have, getting there is quite the page-turner. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJonathan HollandAug 20, 2018
A high-risk shot at a screen adaptation of a novel within a novel, The Motive is entertaining and buzzes with fun ideas, but as an involving drama, it never gets past the first chapter. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 20, 2018
Whatever attracted Cuenca (“Cannibal”) to this material is seldom evident in his handling of it. Yet the material itself still lends the film its genuine if all-too-modest pleasures. Read full review
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