The Prodigy
Orion Pictures | Release Date: February 8, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
6
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38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsFeb 8, 2019
The Prodigy doesn't work because Buhler's scenario is too predictable to be involving and McCarthy's direction is too indecisive to be gripping. One of these two problems might have been surmountable, but both, at the same time, is lethal. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 8, 2019
Still, the frights, with Mom seeing the hand-chopping serial killer’s face (Paul Fauteux) on her little boy’s body, the stabbings and threats of worse to come (hilariously foreshadowed to death) deliver the requisite pulse-stopping punch...If that’s all you’re hoping for in a horror picture, fine. If not, you’ve been warned. Read full review
33
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerFeb 9, 2019
While it’s a reasonably paced thriller, The Prodigy is almost wholly devoid of real scares. Read full review
33
The PlaylistGriffin SchillerFeb 6, 2019
Offering very little in the way of enjoyment or anything other than clichéd horror tropes, The Prodigy isn’t offensively terrible and will unintentionally make for a few solid laughs, but it’s best not to let this forgettable vessel possess much of your time. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweFeb 6, 2019
The film’s cardinal sin isn’t so much that it’s unoriginal as that it’s so uninvolving it almost assures attention deficit will set in early. Read full review
25
New York PostRob Bailey-MilladoFeb 8, 2019
Do not see this movie if you like children, dogs, hands or Hungarian folk music. The Prodigy, the latest in a long, increasingly lousy line of bloodthirsty kid movies, might spoil all of the above for you. Read full review
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