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By Debopriyaa Dutta (45) for Screen Rant (892) on 10 Jul 2021

Despite a compelling first half, False Positive fails to imbue the pregnancy horror trope with depth or ingenuity, accelerating to a banal finish…

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By Alan Ng (404) for Film Threat (5,156) on 07 Jul 2021

Though I may not have connected with the final product as intended, if the idea of a psychological thriller about pregnancy appeals to you,…

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By K. Austin Collins (343) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 28 Jun 2021

It’s the product of a satirical ambition that lacks the wit to land any heady blows; the horror mastery to be even glancingly scary; the…

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By Hoai-Tran Bui (110) for Slashfilm (971) on 26 Jun 2021

There’s something here, beneath the glassy-eyed performances and the Instagram aesthetics, about class and privilege and the evils of men…

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By Helen Shaw (11) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 26 Jun 2021

False Positive fails to cohere…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 25 Jun 2021

A deftly made suspense film, but one that falls somewhat short of its aspirations, both as a satire and as a psychological thriller with a…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 25 Jun 2021

It’s a moderately effective horror movie with a much better, creepier and more nuanced one nestled invisibly alongside, the unborn twin ghost…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 25 Jun 2021

As the film crashes to a conclusion, early promise fading away, the film has the feeling of a valiant, but misguided, post-Get Out attempt…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Jun 2021

With Ilana Glazer leading an outstanding cast, False Positive is not a movie you can easily shake off in a day or two. Or three…

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By Natalia Keogan (119) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 Jun 2021

Unfortunately, even False Positive’s shortcomings are uncharacteristically boring, generic and empty…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 Jun 2021

Lee (who directed episodes of “Broad City”) and Glazer swerve from comedy to horror, using the genre as a vehicle for social commentary…

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By Beatrice Loayza (94) for The New York Times (9,847) on 24 Jun 2021

Despite its vaguely unsettling clinical ambience, very little about the film as it makes its way to an ultimately flat and predictable final…

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By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Jun 2021

While False Positive has lapses in logic and could have a quicker pace in the second half, it fully embraces a bizarre sense of the macabre…

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By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 22 Jun 2021

Through the performances from Glaser and Brosnan, as well as its unabashed willingness to look extremely silly, False Positive may be worth…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Jun 2021

False Positive threads classic horror-film tropes with a woozy, partially comic sensibility but doesn’t fully commit to this approach…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Jun 2021

Director Lee, who co-wrote the screenplay with Glazer and was a frequent Broad City collaborator, doesn’t quite sustain that bold stylistic…

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By Nikki Baughan (240) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 18 Jun 2021

A sharp screenplay and strong performances give this life as a watchable thriller, rather than just a mere pastiche…

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By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 18 Jun 2021

Glazer and Lee both work primarily in comedy, but the commentary here is drier and more serious, producing knowing nods instead of outright laughter…

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By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 Jun 2021

The climax is entertaining and crazy but not necessarily as satisfying as it hopes to be…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for TheWrap (3,203) on 18 Jun 2021

There are ominously edited portents and a score that starts at fever pitch and rarely pulls back…

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