Unfriended
Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 17, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Slant MagazineCalum MarshApr 7, 2015
When the genre-film spectacle arrives, it's in full force, and the strictures of the framing device manage to amplify, rather than suppress, the impact of the shocks and scares. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Apr 16, 2015
The filmmakers here completely commit to their gimmick, turning its limitations into benefits and exploiting the chosen technology for maximum effect. In the process, they hit the refresh button on the entire found-footage format. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlApr 15, 2015
Director Levan Gabriadze is adept at the sinking something's not right creepiness too few horror films dig into. His techniques are certain to be copy-pasted by imitators. Read full review
76
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeApr 15, 2015
Unfriended commits to its idea and continually finds new ways to creatively exploit it, building the tension as each character reveals his or her own dark deeds, thus justifying the brutal vendettas visited upon them. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerApr 16, 2015
Perhaps Gabriadze has created a new genre here, but do we want to sit all day in front of an office computer and then go out and spend dollars to watch a small screen on a bigger screen for entertainment? Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia PuigApr 16, 2015
Blowing this small-screen cyber horror tale out to the big screen makes for fresh and fearsome fun. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisApr 16, 2015
Though not particularly ground-breaking — last year’s Elijah Wood-starring Open Windows pulled the same trick, and much more ambitiously — we’re still going to “like” the result. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 16, 2015
What kind of a movie takes place entirely on one screwed-up teen's computer screen? That would be Unfriended, a creep-you-out experiment in terror that damn near pulls off every trick up its cyber sleeve. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinApr 16, 2015
Unfriended really does use everything teens cherish about their technology lifestyle against them. It’s a mean, potent little movie. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 16, 2015
No, it’s therefore a movie to be seen, if you can endure it — as a shrewd commercial venture, as an online opus that undoes your self-composure and, last and foremost, as a window on a mode of thinking that equates to a state of being. Read full review
67
HitfixDrew McWeenyApr 14, 2015
It's obvious that they're aiming for something more fun than genuinely haunting, and it helps that there is a good deal of humor used to punctuate the horror. It doesn't all land, but there's a fair amount of wit in something as simple as watching what someone types, deletes, then retypes. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 16, 2015
If nothing else, Unfriended does an excellent job portraying the frenzy that is on-line teen interaction. This is the new equivalent of "hanging out." Read full review
63
New York PostLou LumenickApr 16, 2015
More funny than scary. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 16, 2015
All we’re really in the end is the gimmick and an appreciation for how cleverly it comes off. And a reminder to not “answer messages from the dead.” Read full review
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