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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58The PlaylistLena WilsonThe PlaylistLena WilsonThis high-concept horror too easily crosses over from charmingly erratic to nonsensical.
- 50ColliderMarco Vito OddoColliderMarco Vito OddoSmith is still a competent director, and Consecration can boast some moments of brilliance sprinkled all over it. However, the messy script drags Consecration down, and fans still expecting a new Triangle will have to wait a little longer.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIn a film lacking in real frights, the pathos of a young novitiate’s suicide attempt hits you hard, because it’s one of the few moments in the lovely and lushly-detailed Consecration that makes you feel something.
- 50Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganPaste MagazineNatalia KeoganThough it does hint at the toxicity and conspiratorial nature of a powerful institution, it never finds root in overt observations. It handles too many threads—childhood tragedy, murder cover-ups, clandestine spiritual rites—without the dexterity to effectively weave them together.
- 45The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe Daily BeastNick SchagerThe meager surprises it does contain aren’t particularly effective, considering that early clues suggest only one possible twist and the proceedings do little to mask it.
- 40The New York TimesBrandon YuThe New York TimesBrandon YuThe plot, as a result, can’t quite find its momentum; it doesn’t help that most of the film’s scares fall flat on a visual and technical level.
- One of the film’s biggest weaknesses is that Smith and Cook withhold key information so they can spring a big twist. When the threat the characters are facing remains so vague for so long, it robs the story of tension.
- 38Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeSlant MagazineSteven ScaifeConsecration ends up not just gimmicky but derivative of Christopher Smith’s own prior work.
- 25RogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesRogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesThe film proves to be just another retread of “spooky” Catholic-themed horror tropes without adding any insight or originality to the subgenre.