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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 18 May 2013

An exploitation thriller with feminist overtones - ala I Spit on Your Grave, but nowhere nearly as gutsy - Black Rock disappoints on various levels…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 16 May 2013

Efficient thriller that's practically a feature-length evocation of Thomas Hobbes' notion of life in nature: nasty, brutish and short…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 16 May 2013

Aselton is clearly trying to broaden her reach as both actress and director beyond the rumpled indie comedy of The Freebie, her directing debut,…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 16 May 2013

It seemed that Black Rock might take its very basic premise and use it as a platform to explore larger ideas…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 16 May 2013

This indie, female-centric riff on “Deliverance” is spare, smartly written and shot through with moments of twig-snapping tension…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 16 May 2013

It works because Aselton and Bell turn in wildly physical, primal performances. You do not want to mess with these women…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 16 May 2013

It's a very short experience but one that hits its beats with a sense of urgency and a feeling of helplessness…

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By Neil Genzlinger (512) for New York Times (5,786) on 15 May 2013

The male characters here are too thinly developed for this to be a top-notch survival thriller, but Ms. Aselton knows how to get the pulse pounding…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 15 May 2013

It’s all a fair attempt, but Aselton isn’t going to make anyone forget Kathryn Bigelow…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 15 May 2013

Nifty little genre gem with its share of surprises has three damsel campers in distress on an isolated island they didn't know they'd be sharing…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 15 May 2013

The what-if scenario that incites the action of Black Rock is captivating but Aselton and co-writer/husband Mark Duplass don't build on that…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 15 May 2013

Black Rock is as dingy and dirty as the genre thrillers it appears to want to one-up. All it does, though, is bring everyone down…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 15 May 2013

It's quite thin, but at least Black Rock plays its kills for more than stupid gamer's diversions…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 15 May 2013

Genre pieces can be straightforward but shouldn't confuse shallowness with efficiency…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 15 May 2013

Ultimately, it’s hard to shake the sense that her picture is a character study bending itself, painfully and unnaturally, into the shape…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 May 2013

Black Rock isn't going to become the sort of classic that Deliverance was, but if you like your scares smart, and like them to happen to people…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 14 May 2013

Black Rock never reinvents the rules, but it understands them just well enough to make its bloodless stabs at ingenuity stand out…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 13 May 2013

The story and its violence are deeply silly, but there's something nervy and upsetting that distinguishes the film's incidental excitement…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 13 May 2013

Rock is a poorly written and ineptly directed genre piece that lacks tension, suspense, fear, all those things that make’ a “thriller”…

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By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 May 2013

Layered conflicts mount as this lean film treks on, and they're not limited to gender politics…

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