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Them (2007)

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Reviews Counted:52

Fresh:32

Rotten:20

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: Suspenseful and tense from start to finish, the French horror film Them proves that a lack of gore doesn't mean a dearth of scares.

Runtime: 78 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:2007

Synopsis: Somewhere in Romania; Clementine is finishing her day of teaching the local kids French. On her way home she spots an abandoned vehicle beside the road. She continues on unaware of what happened to... Somewhere in Romania; Clementine is finishing her day of teaching the local kids French. On her way home she spots an abandoned vehicle beside the road. She continues on unaware of what happened to its occupants, a mother and her teenage daughter, the night before. Not that it matters, as tonight, along with her writer beau Lucas, she'll find out first hand. They're awakened during the night by strange phone calls and the TV downstairs being turned on--but this is only beginning of their night of terror as the phone lines go dead, the power goes out and their car goes missing, as they're stalked and set upon by THEM! [More]

Starring: Olivia Bonamy, Michael Cohen

Starring: Olivia Bonamy, Michael Cohen

Director: Xavier Palud, David Moreau

Director: Xavier Palud, David Moreau
Screenwriter: Xavier Palud, David Moreau
Producer: Richard Grandpierre
Composer: René-Marc Bini
Studio: Dark Sky Films

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...a sporadically affecting yet undeniably uneven exercise in horror.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
11/01/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

A disturbing DV-shot horror thriller.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/11/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

Mostly an exercise in frustration.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
02/09/09
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

A lean, mean, and extremely focused French horror film.

Full Review Source: Mike Bracken's Horror Films | comment Comment
06/04/08
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken's Horror Films

Definitely one of the best horror films I've seen in a while, and plays to the key of terror and our imagination provoking enough imagery without the director having to do much of anything...

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
03/26/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Film Threat

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Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
01/18/08
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

You can always expect a little embellishment for any horror film or thriller that claims to be based on a true story or actual events. This one, however, doesn't sell it.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
01/10/08
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

First-time directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud have crafted a highly effective horror film that combines a plausible narrative with accomplished use of sound and image.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/03/08
Joshua Katzman
Joshua Katzman
Chicago Reader
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The final 20 minutes contain some of the best, uncontrived twists of any post-Sixth Sense American suspense film, but there is a good reason for that, as the co-directors reveal with a shocking epilogue.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas CityLife | comment Comment
10/23/07
Matt Kelemen
Matt Kelemen
Las Vegas CityLife

This freshman effort from the French team of David Moreau and Xavier Palud would rate an A in film school. But that doesn't mean it's worth seeing.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
10/12/07
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

The essentially nonexistent characterizations do little to help matters.

Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment Comment
09/22/07
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

Moreau and Palud play on the way our minds fill in the gaps of the unknown and the very primal fear of things going bump in the night.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/20/07
Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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A nerve-wracking finale, a 30-minute chase through the house's catacombs, followed by a closing image that will chill you to the bone.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
09/14/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Film.com
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Those who don't need all that graphic content to be jolted and unnerved may find a few things to like here.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/13/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

It's refreshing to see the French finally producing a worthy entry in the horror genre.

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09/11/07
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Those who like their horror served up neat, no chaser, can safely belly up to Them. It is a pared-down French thriller that trades splatter and gore for tense efficiency.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
09/07/07
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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There is absolutely no fat on this brief, 74-minute film, but even as you get caught up in the suspense you come to realize that there isn't much meat on it, either.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
09/06/07
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

A well made, if extremely hollow, technical exercise... so wafer-thin, I'm a little wary of calling it a movie. It's more like a photographed premise.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
09/06/07
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Them is Haneke on training wheels.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/31/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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