You're Next
Lionsgate | Release Date: August 23, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundAug 22, 2013
Adam Wingard's You're Next brazenly merges the home-invasion thriller with the dysfunctional family dramedy. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyAug 21, 2013
It's so deliciously twisted, it will make you walk out of the theater feeling like you just endured a grueling, giddy workout. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnApr 10, 2013
The filmmakers have crafted seriously derivative fun that plays like "Scream" molded with "Cabin Fever" in the twisted universe of "Final Destination." It's a familiar ride, but a relentlessly wild one as well. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid HughesAug 26, 2013
While it doesn’t defy genre conventions like "Cabin In The Woods," Wingard’s tale of a dysfunctional family under siege is an outrageously entertaining crowd-pleaser — if you have the stomach for it. Read full review
80
Total FilmMatt GlasbyAug 24, 2013
Funny and tense, rather than hilarious and terrifying, You’re Next doesn’t rip up the rulebook but it’s definitely read it. If all horror comedies were this good we’d be laughing – and squirming. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 22, 2013
Adam Wingard’s You’re Next strays just enough from formula to tweak our jaded appetites. That it does so without spraying the gore to geyserlike excess says a great deal about Mr. Wingard’s sensibility. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAug 21, 2013
The surprisingly adept mixture of tones — naturalism, dysfunctional family satire, winking slasher nostalgia, twisty vengeance thriller — is offbeat enough to keep even hardened connoisseurs of body-count entertainment on their toes. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfAug 20, 2013
Nothing here is new, but you can’t call expert craft like this warmed-over. Solidly satisfying with ruthless forward momentum, the film plays like a minor triumph. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonAug 20, 2013
You're Next streamlines the gory stuff for something truly shocking: good characters. Not deep, mind you. But characters who are crayoned in bright enough that they're interesting even while alive. Read full review
80
Film.comEric D. SniderMar 29, 2013
An energetic mix of Scream-like dark comedy, senseless violence, satisfying surprises, and good old-fashioned mayhem Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAug 28, 2013
Wingard’s film is its own subset of fractious family crazy. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsAug 23, 2013
You’re Next benefits from skilled script-keepers. Read full review
75
Boston GlobePeter KeoughAug 23, 2013
Like [The Purge and The Conjuring], Adam Wingard’s sly, diabolical, and oddly moral You’re Next draws on the home invasion/haunted house scenario, but outclasses them with its wit, irony, and technically proficient terror. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle SmithAug 22, 2013
Bloody horror flicks need not be anemic when it comes to intelligence. The victims of You’re Next, as well as their slaughterers, are reasonably smart and resourceful. Their clash may not be as nasty as the battles of academia, but there’s a lot more common sense involved. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Aug 21, 2013
Written by Simon Barrett, another purveyor of micro-budget carnage, You’re Next boasts a sometimes-uneasy blend of comedy and horror. Read full review
75
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMar 29, 2013
Barrett and Wingard are clever filmmakers, but unlike many modern day horror directors, their cleverness never gets in the way. There's an earnestness to the entertainment in You're Next that is truly admirable, and at the end of the day it's a super enjoyable way to spend an hour and a half. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghAug 22, 2013
Turns out You’re Next isn’t a slave to horror-movie conventions after all — rather, it’s having tongue-in-cheek fun with conventions while playing up to them, complete with a killer retro ’80s-horror synth score and a gruesome finale that recalls the excess of Peter Jackson’s “Dead Alive.” Read full review
70
The DissolveKeith PhippsAug 22, 2013
Though essentially a straight-faced horror film, You’re Next also taps into a rich vein of black comedy. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyMar 29, 2013
You’re Next is fairly light on psychological and narrative complexity, but it’s still a good cut above the slasher norm, with a firm grasp on visceral action and the wisdom to place tongue slightly in cheek when things go further over the top. Read full review
67
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanAug 22, 2013
Just as I was starting to think of it as a “motiveless psychos terrorize rich family” movie (a la “The Purge”), it gave me good reasons to watch. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 23, 2013
The surprise is how effective Wingard is at keeping the atmosphere jumpy and tense. And you can't help rooting for Erin, who could win Survivor if she went on the show. Vinson's take-charge performance is the life of this badass party. When you're ducking in your seat, it's nice to have someone to root for. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyAug 22, 2013
Character development and plotting are rudimentary, though the tongue-in-cheek never gets dislodged while the body count rises. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchKevin C. JohnsonAug 22, 2013
Targeted toward horror-film junkies looking for a terror throwback, You’re Next mixes gore and dark humor with yet another home invasion plot line. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAug 20, 2013
The frights are passable, the foreshadowing (extreme close-ups of nails being pounded through boards, etc.) telling and the humor — sick as it is — quite funny. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonAnna SmithAug 27, 2013
A solid watch for gore fans. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 19, 2013
In the absence of sympathetic characters, a little humor would have gone a long way here. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianStephen WhittyAug 22, 2013
Although there's a twist in this tale, most of it is stuff we've seen before. And Wingard doesn't think of a new way to show it. Read full review
50
Washington PostMark JenkinsAug 22, 2013
The latest genre exercise from slasher-flick prodigy Adam Wingard (“A Horrible Way to Die”) is at times bloodily entertaining. And if the central plot twist isn’t all that clever, at least the movie offers some motivation for its mayhem. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAug 22, 2013
Combining the dysfunctional family reunion and the home invasion thriller, You’re Next tries, somewhat valiantly, to add new twists to the usual bloody horror-flick shenanigans. But aside from a few fresh chords, it’s same-old, same-old. Read full review
38
USA TodayScott BowlesAug 22, 2013
A film of repetition, a bloody dance consisting of three steps: stab, scream, repeat. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 26, 2013
Maybe, in another time and place, and with different actors and a better director, it might have worked. But this thing collapses right from the get-go. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezAug 22, 2013
You’re Next is built on such an enormous pile of guff, it’s practically insulting. Read full review
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