Thoroughbreds
Focus Features | Release Date: March 9, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 12, 2018
It doesn’t have easy access to human emotion, instead deploying a series of techniques to fake it. Read full review
60
The AtlanticDavid SimsMar 9, 2018
For those seeking a wickedly dark little confection, Thoroughbreds should prove a diverting watch; but those looking for anything deeper will find a lot left to be desired. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 8, 2018
For all the chatter and intrigue, Mr. Finley never settles on a point or theme. Read full review
58
The Film StageDaniel SchindelDec 13, 2017
Taylor-Joy and Cooke have a weird, comedic dynamic that could have put them in the canon of cinematic duos if the movie had been braver in pushing their relationship to darker territory. Ultimately, Thoroughbreds is a lot of potential with an anticlimactic payoff. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJun 28, 2018
Thoroughbreds has a brazenness that’s promising, then, even if it also seems to be a bit too taken with its characters’ amorality. The movie works hard to make your eyes open wide, but doesn’t seem to realize that a squinting introspection can have its own sort of edge. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaMar 8, 2018
The flatness that is meant to shock early on quickly becomes boring, and the movie never sparks, slogging on in its nearly unbroken monotone all the way to its climactic moment. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerMar 7, 2018
That story proves paper thin, and requires believing Amanda is devoid of empathy yet devoted to Lily — concepts too at odds to be plausible together. Read full review
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