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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezImmersive and committed to its austere form, the solemn, often-dialogue free Dark Night never spoon feeds and always allows the viewer to draw their own conclusions.
- 83The Film StageDan MeccaThe Film StageDan MeccaEvery grunt, groan, and eye-roll feels genuine and relatable.
- 80Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyScreen DailyDavid D'ArcyDark Night is a drama of grim inevitability.
- 75ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerThere are moments of true terror to be found among the silence and the encroaching existential dread in which the film deals most prominently.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWith a title easily confused for Christopher Nolan’s 2012 Batman sequel...Tim Sutton’s Dark Night is at once a glib play on words and a sobering rumination on the mindset of a suburban America simultaneously obsessed with and plagued by gun violence.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenAt its strongest, Dark Night taps into the emptiness, hurt and longing beneath the pings and swipes of our "connected" world. But for all its artfulness, the film doesn’t shed light so much as push buttons.
- 50Slant MagazineCarson LundSlant MagazineCarson LundTim Sutton's film often surprises on the micro level, but its broader execution gives reason for pause.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanThe noble intention to make us dwell on our culture, and perhaps shame its more voyeuristic members, quickly devolves into a cavalcade of tedium.
- 40The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneUnder its compelling influence, we are lured into feeling that these various lives, marked by vacuity and frustration, are in some way destined to end at the point of a gun — that the murderer and his victims coexist on a continuum of despair. Try telling that to the people of Aurora.