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Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Film ThreatNick Rocco ScaliaFilm ThreatNick Rocco ScaliaWhen a movie does so much right – it’s unique and visually arresting and, at times, legitimately moving and surprisingly scary – it’s hard not to wish for something more complete, something that fully and entirely connects.
- 70Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe Dark clicks (which is often), it’s a moving and poetic tale about how neglect and abuse can turn people into freaky beasts, and how love can bring them back.
- 50The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeMina and Alex seem less like teenagers and more like case studies with traumas rather than personalities. The horror genre can be a pipeline into the dark corners of the psyche, but the impact of The Dark is more clinical than cathartic.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyIn trying to succeed as something both metaphorical and very literal-minded, the movie ends up being neither one nor the other — not psychologically deep enough to succeed as pure drama, and too earnest to offer the usual rewards of a genre film.