Review of It Comes at Night (2017) by Thomas W — 08 Oct 2017

SPOILERS.

All that build up , FOR NOTHING.

This review of It Comes at Night (2017) was written by Thomas W on 08 Oct 2017.

It Comes at Night has generally received positive reviews.

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By Jennifer Heaton (346) for Alternative Lens (346) on 11 Nov 2018

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(spoiler alert) Cool concept...unlike most others, this movie is not written and choreographed for a quick and easy digestion...most people…

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By Egge P (24) on 17 Dec 2018

The hate this movie is getting is really unfair. Just sayin…

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By Matt H (2,287) 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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Pretty well made, I like the kinda style, but it was way too confusing at times, but I did like what it was trying to do…

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By Late R (405) on 20 Oct 2018

I think my main problem with this film is that everything leading up to it suggested that it was going to be a horror/thriller that promised…

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By Daniel Nava (97) for Chicago Cinema Circuit (97) on 26 Dec 2018

The discouraging reality regarding Trey Edward Shults' It Comes at Night is that it happens to suggest everything but means, ultimately, nothing…

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By Aaron Peterson (245) for The Hollywood Outsider (262) on 09 Oct 2018

It Comes at Night had the potential to grow into something special. Instead, we are left underwhelmed as we await its inevitable arrival…

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By Micheal Compton (319) for Bowling Green Daily News (319) on 02 Nov 2018

It Comes at Night is a film that is impossible to peg into one genre, and that is what makes it so effective…

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