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Severance (2007)

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Reviews Counted:84

Fresh:55

Rotten:29

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: A twisted and bloody spoof on office life, Severance nicely balances comedy and nasty horror.

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Apr 20, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $66,719

Synopsis: A team-building exercise goes horribly wrong in this horror comedy, where HOSTEL meets OFFICE SPACE. A group of Brits (and a single, sexy American blonde played by Laura Harris of DEAD LIKE ME)... A team-building exercise goes horribly wrong in this horror comedy, where HOSTEL meets OFFICE SPACE. A group of Brits (and a single, sexy American blonde played by Laura Harris of DEAD LIKE ME) travels through the forests of Hungary to a remote lodge in order to mix business with pleasure. Led by their manager, Richard (Tim McInnerny, BLACKADDER), the co-workers soon realize that their trip is less about trust falls and rope courses than it is about death and destruction. Someone has targeted the team, and begins to take down the cubemates one by one. SEVERANCE is savvy and sly, but it never lets the comedy override the onscreen horror. Humor may temper the disturbing visuals, but this British comedy isn't SHAUN OF THE DEAD. It's far less flashy and a good deal darker, but it all works to great effect. This film is more in the spirit of DOG SOLDIERS, a movie with bleak gallows humor amid its blood and gore. In addition to its smart satire of office culture, SEVERANCE features stomach-churning scenes that rival the violence in films from the SAW trilogy. This film doesn't rely on A-list stars, with McInnerny vying with Harris and Toby Stephens (DIE ANOTHER DAY) for the position of most recognizable actor. But regardless of its lack of marquee talent, SEVERANCE ably mixes guts and giggles to create an entertaining and gruesome film. [More]

Starring: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens

Starring: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakely, David Gilliam, Andy Nyman, Babou Ceesay

Director: Christopher Smith

Director: Christopher Smith
Screenwriter: James Moran, Christopher Smith
Producer: Jason Newmark
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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Nov 30, 1999

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DVD Features:

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05/13/09
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

Severance is a story of terrible things that couldn't have happened to funnier people.

Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | comment Comment
03/06/08
Tricia Olszewski
Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper

Sitting through its increasingly sluggish pace feels like, well, work.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/03/07
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

For the most part, the scary parts are the scary parts, the funny parts are the funny parts, and never the twain meet.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/12/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

The result is a cathartic hoot, relishing its own carefully doled out carnage.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/11/07
Gianni Truzzi
Gianni Truzzi
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Will surely make you laugh, but the guffaws are few and far between. That's hardly a caveat when you consider the statement made here, though...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
07/13/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Like a special episode of 'The Office,' scripted by Clive Barker.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
06/19/07
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
N/R

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
06/09/07
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The cast shows spark and gusto, especially Laura Harris as a vulnerable yet intrepid survivor type and Danny Dyer as a bent druggie who straightens out long enough to fight back.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
06/08/07
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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For the odd at heart, it will be worth the wait.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
06/08/07
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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It is wonderfully wry, and contains some great gags.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
06/08/07
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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So there's still a smart office-horror movie left to be made. In the meantime, Severance is just another paycheck.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
06/08/07
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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Like the Britain of Tony Blair, it's neither bloody awful nor bloody great. Which isn't to say, rest assured, that there isn't plenty of blood.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
06/08/07
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

[Smith] paces the gore too unevenly, leaving the cast standing around and griping for vast chunks of time. And the jokes ... are either too broad or too underplayed.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
06/08/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

For fans of the genre, this is the film of the year.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
06/08/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

It turns into yet another graphic Hostel-style killfest that eventually washes away all the fun ... with lots of blood.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
06/07/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

"Severance" is just enough of an exploitation satire (think, Roger Corman in his heyday) to hold your interest beyond its gratuitous knife, blood and breast recipe for suspense and shock.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
06/05/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The sadistic silliness is given a heavy-hand.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
06/04/07
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Like Shaun of the Dead, the movie enthusiastically embraces all the grotesque clichés we love and have come to expect from the form -- turning several on their ear.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
06/01/07
Rob Salem
Rob Salem
Toronto Star
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