The Stranger
IFC Midnight | Release Date: June 12, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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3
Negative:
3
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60
The New York TimesAndy WebsterJun 11, 2015
The movie benefits greatly from Mr. Amoedo’s largely steady direction and the uniform acting skills of its Chilean cast (performing in English). Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 11, 2015
While the director/screenwriter is to be commended for avoiding the usual bloodsucker clichés, he hasn't replaced them with anything particularly interesting, with the result that the story plays like a quasi-mystical melodrama featuring characters about whom we care little. Read full review
40
The DissolveScott TobiasJun 11, 2015
Once Amoedo lays all the cards out on the table, The Stranger feels like a piece of genre revisionism only in its deliberate, grinding pace, not in any refreshing turns of the plot. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 11, 2015
Seeking existential, noirish heft, Amoedo coyly avoids articulating what Martin is. (He calls himself "sick.") But it only comes across like an amateur play at gravitas, one unsupported by dully weighted scenes and clunky dialogue, delivered mostly by English-speaking actors straining to hide Latin accents. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJun 12, 2015
While The Stranger is bad, the fact that it makes you wait and wait for its excessively dismal perspective to be justified by a measly little twist is even worse. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanJun 11, 2015
The movie touts a “Presented By” credit for modern horror maven Eli Roth, but there’s none of that director’s shock or sly subversion. Don’t bother getting to know this stranger. Read full review
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