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Metascore
43 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfIt Comes at Night is a film of tense gradations, a chamber piece set at the twilight of humanity.
- 100The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenWith his fine cast and his gracefully restrained screenplay, Shults makes horror recognizable.
- 83ConsequenceRandall ColburnConsequenceRandall ColburnIt Comes at Night isn’t scary so much as it’s horrific, though Shults is extremely gifted at cultivating the kind of slow, droning dread that inflates in your chest like a black balloon.
- 80Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonShults has once again made a movie about the terror of family, but It Comes At Night’s confident, ruthless craftsmanship suggests a filmmaker only starting to reach his potential.
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanIt Comes at Night is a good, tight, impressive little exercise. I was held by it, but the movie, while tense and absorbing, is ultimately a tad forgettable, because it thinks it’s up to more than it is.
- 70New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasNew York Daily NewsEdward DouglasYou're also likely to be left wondering to what the "It" in the title actually refers.
- 67The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupThe details in this post-apocalyptic chamber drama — flat-out horror this is not — are spare, an initially refreshing decision that ultimately results in a rather empty, half-formed narrative.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreShults has concocted a nightmare within a nightmare, a test of nerves and a wary mystery.
- 50Slant MagazineChristopher GraySlant MagazineChristopher GrayThe film’s minimalism is rigorous, but its every moment of barebones craftsmanship is accompanied by plodding drama and an unsustainable heap of unanswered questions.