63
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60 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireJames DyerEmpireJames DyerA harrowing, economical thriller that will sit with you for days, this is Shyamalan’s best film in years, and a calling card for Bautista in his strongest performance yet.
- 75Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeThe film takes its time delving into its characters' headspaces, to the point that it becomes less of a thriller than an unorthodox character study, especially as its expertly deployed use of flashback slowly forms the emotional core of the story.
- 75USA TodayBrian TruittUSA TodayBrian TruittTop-shelf Shyamalan. Centered on a family having to make the most dreadful of decisions, “Knock” is a well-crafted intimate thriller that plays with your expectations and immerses you in a disconcerting situation.
- 75ColliderRoss BonaimeColliderRoss BonaimeAt its very core, Knock at the Cabin works because it reminds of the early days of Shyamalan, when he felt like the next coming of Alfred Hitchcock, and his films would leave the audience talking for days after.
- 75ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonIt’s not up there with [Shyamalan's] best, but it’s a solid thriller that traps you in the middle of an impossible question and leaves you, like its characters, to figure out the answer.
- 50IndieWireRyan LattanzioIndieWireRyan LattanzioAs sturdily crafted as Knock at the Cabin may be, Shyamalan’s funny games never achieve the profundity they’re reaching for, ending up as a preachy end-times message movie wrapped up in a slick horror package.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe Sixth Sense director’s apocalyptic mystery horror is short on both mystery and horror and the ambiguous finale is deeply ridiculous.
- 40Knock at the Cabin ends up being no more than a passably tense, low-budget chamber piece that doesn't do justice to its Old Testament conceit.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsKnock at the Cabin is a real load — 100 lugubrious minutes of what is intended as steadily mounting dread and apocalypse prevention seminar.