What Keeps You Alive
IFC Midnight | Release Date: August 24, 2018
4.9
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Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Ratings
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WhiskeyStoriesDec 28, 2018
If you were drawn in by the beautiful poster and/or read the promising premise and contemplated on watching this movie, I'd discourage you from doing so. What Keeps You Alive is yet another film this year with a pretty cool idea that fails toIf you were drawn in by the beautiful poster and/or read the promising premise and contemplated on watching this movie, I'd discourage you from doing so. What Keeps You Alive is yet another film this year with a pretty cool idea that fails to deliver. The cinematography is pretty nice and there are some neat tracking shots, so clearly there's talent behind the camera (though there were way too many Psycho callbacks). In front of it? Not so much. The acting ranges from sorta decent to straight up baaad. I can't say that it's a bad movie, but the whole thing has this "student film" vibe to it that I just can't stand. It's perfectly watchable, I'd just recommend spending your time on something else.… Expand
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NobodyYouKnowJun 10, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jules is *not* a crow. The movie makes a big to-do about Jules being a crow and Jackie/Megan being an eagle (rather unsubtle metaphor). Jules points out that crows are the smartest birds, and she thinks so highly of them, she has a crow tattoo. Sadly, Jules make dumb choice after dumb choice -- just too many stupid choices to be believable (an actual *crow* would be better at keeping itself safe). Oh, and she's apparently Wonder Woman: she somehow survived TWO separate falls from a 100-foot cliff.

We learn early on that Jackie is actually Megan, and shortly after that, we learn that Jackie/Megan is a psycho killer, literally. It's a fun surprise when it happens, but the plot deteriorates quickly into, well, a series of stupid choices by Jules. I eventually found myself groaning out loud. The scene where the neighbors get killed actually pissed me off -- it would've been *really* easy for Jules to handle that in a way that didn't freak out Sarah and lead to Sarah's and her husband's deaths. The twist -- presumably showing how smart Jules was -- wasn't nearly good enough to redeem the rest of the contrivance-via-Jules-dumb-decisions.

What boosted this to a middling 5 for me was that the production values were good. Cinematography, direction, and acting were all professional enough. Script/plot just didn't work for me. But if you don't care about realism and are only looking for a well-produced pulp horror/thriller, this'll do.… Expand
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tiparSep 8, 2018
"What keeps you awake" while you see this movie must be strong as fck. Promising start but as the plot progresses and you wait for that twist, in the end, it never comes. I could not see the whole thing so when 40m was left I skipped in fast"What keeps you awake" while you see this movie must be strong as fck. Promising start but as the plot progresses and you wait for that twist, in the end, it never comes. I could not see the whole thing so when 40m was left I skipped in fast forward, believe me, nothing happens.… Expand
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qbaseApr 20, 2019
Το What Keeps You Alive, είναι γραμμένο και σκηνοθετημένο από τον Colin Minihan, έναν από τους δύο “vicious brothers” που σκηνοθέτησαν το περιβόητο Grave Encounters το 2011. Πρόκειται για μια ταινία που αν και κάπως υπερεκτιμημένη, πρoκάλεσεΤο What Keeps You Alive, είναι γραμμένο και σκηνοθετημένο από τον Colin Minihan, έναν από τους δύο “vicious brothers” που σκηνοθέτησαν το περιβόητο Grave Encounters το 2011. Πρόκειται για μια ταινία που αν και κάπως υπερεκτιμημένη, πρoκάλεσε αίσθηση σε πολύ κόσμo.
Αυτή τη φορά εγκαταλείπει το μεταφυσικό και καταπιάνεται με το λεγόμενo «ψυχολoγικό θρίλερ».… Expand
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bphillips115Aug 3, 2020
I don’t know what to say about this movie. It’s unimpressive in every aspect and was a chore to watch. I was left wondering when it was going to get better throughout the duration of the film. Not good.
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XayvanhAug 17, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t understand how this movie is getting decent ratings for the flaming garbage this movie is. The writing is trash, the choices Jules makes makes no sense whatsoever. If she planned on killing her by injection why go through the trouble of getting yourself “killed” when you could’ve just drove off knowing she would’ve injected herself in due time...… Expand
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JLauSep 23, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A nonsensical film where the victim does everything she can to get murdered by her serial killer, sociopathic wife.… Expand
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MAX4DNov 16, 2020
The music, location and direction of the film are excellent. The story of the film is good but not great
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risonyeongJul 27, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very unusual movie. a serial lesbian killer. we wanted to switch off after the 2 women kissed but the plot was quite different and the film was done with standard. the female killer was very convincing vicious. looks like these days, women must do everything men does. including serial killer in movies, how absurd.
but the victim surviving 2 falls was a bit too much for me.
verdict : not the worst we have watched… Expand
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