Review of It Comes at Night (2017) by Cynthia G — 19 Jun 2017

Boring, nothing happened. Classic woods movie, everything was in he trailer.

This review of It Comes at Night (2017) was written by Cynthia G on 19 Jun 2017.

It Comes at Night has generally received positive reviews.

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By Jesse O (1,397) on 03 Oct 2018

I'll be honest, I was looking forward to this movie, it was just a movie that intrigued and called to me, as it were…

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By Ajrb (1) on 30 Mar 2020

It was intriguing and well acted. Maybe a bit overrated and the trailer indicates a very different movie than the actual result…

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By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 12 Nov 2018

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By Sean Mulvihill (414) for FanboyNation.com (414) on 30 Oct 2018

There's no boogeyman. There's no hope for a cure. There's just the dread of losing someone you love, and that's a terror that is universal…

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By Dustin O (109) on 13 Oct 2018

This was the waiting for Godo of films. A bunch of existentialistic nonsense that leaves you wondering why I wasted 2 hours of my life…

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By Farah R (1,015) on 20 Oct 2018

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It's basically Twilight Zone S01E22 The Monsters are due on Maple Street, in that ultimately we are our own worst enemies. Mildly entertaining…

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By Tomas Trussow (247) for The Lonely Film Critic (186) on 04 Oct 2018

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By Prateek M (9) on 18 Jan 2019

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