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By Scott Foundas (913) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Mar 2015

MacDonald has seen enough horror movies of varying kinds to know what audiences expect, and one of the pleasures of Backcountry is how skillfully…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 20 Mar 2015

It’s all pretty effective but in the end, somehow empty…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 20 Mar 2015

While there is some gore late in the film, what makes Backcountry special is the care and patience it invests in its characters and the quiet,…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 20 Mar 2015

Just when you thought it was safe to stand up to a bear in the woods, this jarring indie horror drama will make you scurry back indoors…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon (312) on 19 Mar 2015

Another way of reading a movie like this is that it channels our ancient hatred of nature while recognizing that it’s essentially nostalgic,…

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By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Mar 2015

Without effective characterization to drive the moments in between, the spectacle of humans painfully, extensively, gratuitously suffering…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 19 Mar 2015

This isn't about the bear. [It's] about two people who get in way over their heads in thinking they know nature and each other…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 Mar 2015

Mr…

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By Justin Lowe (291) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 18 Mar 2015

Solid performances from the small cast and robust visuals will be clear selling points with audiences seeking the raw excitement of an elemental…

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By Charles Bramesco (223) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 18 Mar 2015

[A] solid, well-executed testament to the horrors of the great outdoors…

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By Mike Mcgranaghan (1,821) for Aisle Seat (1,783) on 18 Mar 2015

Almost traumatically intense…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Mar 2015

After a surprising development, the film grows slack and sentimental, reverting to the survival-movie platitude about hardship making you a…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 17 Mar 2015

A survivalist drama made all the more scary since it is based on a true story and since the bears are real, not animatronic…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Mar 2015

Writer-director Adam MacDonald's direction creates an ominous sense of rural-nowhere isolation, and his script avoids contrived banter while…

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By Michael Nordine (446) for OZY (8) on 10 Feb 2015

The vicarious thrills of getting lost in the cinematic wilderness have apparently yet to be exhausted…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Vérité (1) on 05 Feb 2015

As in Open Water and Black Water, nature is a hulking, roaring reality rather than a CGI imitation, brought into alarming contact with the…

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