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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckYou'll never play the titular parlor game again after watching Would You Rather, director David Guy Levy’s clever exercise in torture porn that manages to display as much restraint as genuine sickness.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceWould You Rather verges on genuine intrigue at times, but it's ultimately just a slasher without the gore.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThough assured in execution and not without a few moments of genuine tension — mainly emanating from Combs' flinty weirdness — Would You Rather is hardly a most dangerous game night at the movies.
- 25The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinWould You Rather has one major asset in an appropriately gothic, larger-than-life performance by Jeffrey Combs, the great, chameleon-like character actor best known for playing a mad scientist in "Re-Animator."
- 25Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneA shrill Indiewood torture porn that, despite promised shocks and revulsions, doesn't even have the conviction to hold its camera on the story's most appalling twists.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierWith a bit less grisliness, it could have been a mystery dinner-theater performance.
- 0New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartWould you rather . . . watch this movie, or spend an hour and a half having your arm hairs plucked out with a rusty pair of tweezers? I’d have chosen the latter if it’d been on offer.
- 0The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisBy the midway point, viewers will be questioning whether they would rather remain in their seats or put their eyes out with a fork.