Karen

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Karen

2021

1h 29m

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KAREN follows Karen Drexler (Taryn Manning), a racist white woman who makes it her personal mission to displace the new Black family that has just moved in next door to her. Community activist Malik (Cory Hardrict) and his wife Imani (Jasmine Burke) are the couple who have just moved to the Atlanta suburb, but they won't be backing down without a fight.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

Sep 3, 2021

0/4

Karen can only pat itself on the back for making a movie about the tyranny of a Karen, but it doesn't bring any critical thinking to its own conversation.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Sep 3, 2021

1/4

"Karen" is a fictional tale about one of the worst people on the planet, and it's also one of the worst movies of 2021.

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Michael Nordine

Variety

Sep 2, 2021

From the title to nearly every narrative beat, writer-director Coke Daniels' satirical thriller offers little in the way of incisive social commentary or thrills.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 17, 2022

0.5/5

You can’t miss its bludgeoning message which is nailed into every scene. You also can’t miss the complete lack of inspired storytelling, the astonishingly bad dialogue, or characters so poorly conceived that it’s impossible to connect with them.

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Jordan Elizabeth

Common Sense Media

Sep 28, 2021

2/5

Karen is a kitschy representation of a very real threat: White women who are aware of their Whiteness and weaponize it.

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

Sep 17, 2021

1/5

What Jordan Peele's Get Out would've been like if it hadn't included any cinematic mastery or storytelling subtlety

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Darryl H

@RT47384038 Oct 18, 2026

What a horrible movie, the acting was so bad. I had to take an excedrin to watch it. The couple use the word babe in every conversation they had, it was babe this, and babe that. The scene where he helps her with her car was so damn dumb, if he knew she was racist and she was touch him in a way he didn't like, why would he go into her hous and risk her saying he raped her. The writers pf this should be shot and kicked out the movie business.

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Karen H

@Boomer57 Oct 17, 2026

Brainless and offensive. Just stop this disgusting stupidity of pushing this idea that all women named Karen are racist. It is no truer than assuming all women named Shaniqua are violent thugs.

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Mariam S

@mariamsofia Sep 16, 2026

The subject of this film is extremely important, especially in the current political climate. So, points just for choosing such an important topic! Unfortunately, the execution felt rather clumsy, and the acting wasn’t very convincing either. I would love to see more films exploring this subject, but with a bigger budget and stronger execution. I did enjoy the ending, though. It was satisfying to see the bad guy get what they deserved, something that, sadly, doesn’t always happen in real life.

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Erica R

@RT24678603 Jul 20, 2026

Was this movie meant to shine light on how black people are treated? If you are hoping to see black people being empowered in this film think again. You will feel how you feel when you see the news reporting of an incident that happens commonly. Is this meant to rage bait and insult a group of people? If you don’t care about this topic and just want some entertainment maybe this will do it for you.

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Bo B

@Bbois Apr 26, 2026

Story, acting, and visually good and interesting, but script and edit are HORRRIBLEEE!!

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Jen Z

@Jenz324 Jan 13, 2026

The concept was good but the acting was so bad which made it so entertaining. It seemed rushed and sloppy. This could have been a great movie. I apologize for the negative review, something had to be said!

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KAREN follows Karen Drexler (Taryn Manning), a racist white woman who makes it her personal mission to displace the new Black family that has just moved in next door to her. Community activist Malik (Cory Hardrict) and his wife Imani (Jasmine Burke) are the couple who have just moved to the Atlanta suburb, but they won't be backing down without a fight.

Director: Coke Daniels
Producer: Mary Aloe, Craig Chapman, Sevier Crespo, Coke Daniels, Cory Hardrict, Gillian Hormel, Taryn Manning, Tirrell D. Whittley
Screenwriter: Coke Daniels
Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Production Co: Ludascripts , Burke Management, Aloe Entertainment, BondIt Media Capital, Flixville USA, Peanut Gallery Group
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2021
Runtime: 1h 29m

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