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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)... [More]
Starring: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens
Director: Christopher Smith
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04/23/09
... in the final third, the humor peels away, leaving us with a fairly standard-issue fright fest.
05/24/07
Smith can't find a tone to settle on here, and his imagination for the macabre is limited to the torture-porn aesthetics that have long overstayed their cinematic welcome.
05/31/07
Anyone who ever thought that maybe they could write a movie will, at least once, think to themselves, "I could have done so much better with this idea."
06/01/07
If anyone involved in this sloppy, inexplicable slasher flick had a notion of what they were doing or why, they've kept it to themselves.
04/20/07
"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.
06/05/07
Every clash of tones that worked in Shaun of the Dead goes haywire here.
05/31/07
Sitting through its increasingly sluggish pace feels like, well, work.
10/03/07
Like a lesser '80s slasher movie, Severance is fine while it lasts, and forgettable once it's over.
05/17/07
They say, "Dying is easy, comedy is hard," but this cheeky gore fest proves that balancing the two is the trickiest act of all.
05/24/07
Comparisons to Shaun of the Dead are wildly overblown. Shaun had pages of hilarious dialogue, and Severance has, well, none.
06/01/07
The pacing is uneven, leading to a bumpy road where laughter and gore sometimes complement each other and sometimes are at odds. This makes Severance more of a mixed bag than an unqualified success.
05/17/07
Top CriticIt turns into yet another graphic Hostel-style killfest that eventually washes away all the fun ... with lots of blood.
06/07/07
corporate negligence works for a few laughs, but cuts out way too early for anything more
05/21/07
Disappointingly, Severance strays way too soon into serviceable run-around-screaming scenes, when what we really want are the banal showdowns familiar to fans of The Office.
05/19/07
This failed attempt at a horror comedy is one of those rare movies with virtually nothing to recommend it. I only note it here as a consumer service for those who might be misled into expecting it to be scary or funny, or both. It's not.
05/18/07
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.
06/08/07
The sadistic silliness is given a heavy-hand.
06/04/07
For British horror-comedy we'll take Shaun of the Dead, and for funny office dynamics, we'll take The Office.
05/31/07
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