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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe Guest is blood-soaked action trash of a high grade.
- 80EmpireDavid HughesEmpireDavid HughesMainstream audiences may find this too oddball to appreciate as a straight thriller. But tune into its strange frequency and there is much to enjoy — perhaps even adore.
- 80CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonStevens is excellent both as the cordial house guest and the brooding time- bomb ever present beneath his earnest veneer.
- 80Time Out LondonGuy LodgeTime Out LondonGuy LodgeThe Guest is not new, exactly, but Wingard knows just which buttons to push, and he pushes them with gusto. Stevens, meanwhile, has never been better.
- 80Total FilmMatt GlasbyTotal FilmMatt GlasbyCool as you like one second, camp as Christmas the next, this entertainingly overpumped action-horror will have genre fans (and their mums) grinning from ear to ear.
- 75The PlaylistCory EverettThe PlaylistCory EverettThe ensemble is perfectly cast (a rarity for this genre) which helps to make the first half a delightful slow burn instead of a check-your-watch-until-the-carnage-starts.
- 75Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezDavid's perversity as a character is mostly disarming for how it illuminates the sadness with which a foe can so readily be confused for a savior.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweGenre comparisons aside, the expert timing and clever setups that were exhilaratingly employed in You’re Next are mostly absent here... Fortunately Barrett and Wingard haven’t lost their ironically humorous touch, as most of the film’s uneasy laughs revolve around upending typical thriller expectations.
- 60The GuardianThe GuardianIt all escalates into an arch, knowing throwback to 80s horror-thrillers that's muddled in parts but never less than entertaining.