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Hold the Dark's unsettling aesthetic offers more of what filmgoers expect from director Jeremy Saulnier - and is often enough to prop up shaky narrative underpinnings.
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A grim, unsettling and ultimately forgettable Netflix horror flick that has a surprisingly high daytime body count for something that takes place mostly in the dark night of the Alaskan winter. Oct 10, 2018 | Full Review…
A grim, unsettling and ultimately forgettable Netflix horror flick that has a surprisingly high daytime body count for something that takes place mostly in the dark night of the Alaskan winter.
Brad Newsome
The film never coheres outside of those flashes, ultimately delivering a disappointing, confusing, but undeniably fascinating experience. Sep 28, 2018 | Full Review…
The film never coheres outside of those flashes, ultimately delivering a disappointing, confusing, but undeniably fascinating experience.
David Sims
It makes for intriguing and often gripping viewing, but delivers a more confounding experience than is necessary. Sep 27, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It makes for intriguing and often gripping viewing, but delivers a more confounding experience than is necessary.
Barry Hertz
[Hold the Dark] strives to depict, with unflinching sincerity, the imbalance and upset in the natural order that arises from the murder of innocents. It's harrowing, but strangely beautiful too. Sep 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[Hold the Dark] strives to depict, with unflinching sincerity, the imbalance and upset in the natural order that arises from the murder of innocents. It's harrowing, but strangely beautiful too.
Kevin Maher
A bold, mesmerizing and journey into a land of shadows and mystery that will leave a deep and unnerving impression. Sep 27, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A bold, mesmerizing and journey into a land of shadows and mystery that will leave a deep and unnerving impression.
Bruce DeMara
Its determined ambition and atmospheric skill keeps Saulnier firmly in the category of directors to watch. Sep 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Its determined ambition and atmospheric skill keeps Saulnier firmly in the category of directors to watch.
Robert Abele
Hold the Dark is the type of film you allow your brain to pluck at before fully deciding how enjoyable it is. The film is gorgeous to look at, but its meaning, purpose, and entertainment value lie strictly within how ominous you prefer your films to be. Sep 2, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Hold the Dark is the type of film you allow your brain to pluck at before fully deciding how enjoyable it is. The film is gorgeous to look at, but its meaning, purpose, and entertainment value lie strictly within how ominous you prefer your films to be.
Chris Sawin
Hold the Dark is a step back for such a stimulating director (Saulnie). [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 1, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Hold the Dark is a step back for such a stimulating director (Saulnie). [Full Review in Spanish]
Mikel Zorrilla
The performers and Saulnier's eye for unconventional framing keep you glued to the screen in this exploration of trauma, violence, and isolation. May 19, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The performers and Saulnier's eye for unconventional framing keep you glued to the screen in this exploration of trauma, violence, and isolation.
Patrick Cavanaugh
So much in the film is set up to make you think there's going to be a big showdown by the end - and sure, that would have been satisfying. However, it wouldn't be a new film. It wouldn't be a Saulnier film. It wouldn't be the curious animal that it is. Mar 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
So much in the film is set up to make you think there's going to be a big showdown by the end - and sure, that would have been satisfying. However, it wouldn't be a new film. It wouldn't be a Saulnier film. It wouldn't be the curious animal that it is.
Preston Barta
By no means Saulnier's best (that title still belongs to Green Room), but it's still a good piece of cinema. Mar 3, 2019 | Full Review…
By no means Saulnier's best (that title still belongs to Green Room), but it's still a good piece of cinema.
Amie Simon
I found the story fairly involving, even though it did not make much sense to me. It has a fine sense of place, and there is a lot of suspense because the murders seem so random and sudden you don't know who is going to die next. Feb 4, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
I found the story fairly involving, even though it did not make much sense to me. It has a fine sense of place, and there is a lot of suspense because the murders seem so random and sudden you don't know who is going to die next.
Robert Roten
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