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What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - Critic Reviews - Page 3 of 7

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By Andrew Wright (312) for Portland Mercury (43) on 07 Mar 2015

Expertly paced, consistently inventive, and exceedingly good natured. Especially when the splatter is hitting the rafters…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Mar 2015

I'm so sick of vampires I'd have pounded a stake into my own heart not to have to watch this, but it turns out to be a pitch-perfect spoof…

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By Patrick Z. Mcgavin (37) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 06 Mar 2015

What We Do in the Shadows is a bracing reminder of how the right burst of energy and style breathes fresh ideas into a genre threatened with…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 Mar 2015

If we see two or three more comedies this year that know what they're doing the way this one does, it'll be a very good year indeed…

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By Jeff Baker (191) for Oregonian (1,550) on 06 Mar 2015

The tone -- deadpan, wistful, silly but never stupid -- is just right and puts What We Do in the Shadows next to This Is Spinal Tap as a mockumentary…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 06 Mar 2015

Maybe it's something in the water Down Under, but these fellows have managed to concoct a whole new perspective on fangsters…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 04 Mar 2015

Even when the laughs are less frequent, they continue through to the end, with plenty of quotable lines…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 04 Mar 2015

Imagine my delight at finding Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi's What We Do in the Shadows thoroughly entertaining, amusing and even charming…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 03 Mar 2015

We actually start to care about these ridiculous characters because, like the rest of us, they're just trying to survive the inanities of everyday…

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By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 28 Feb 2015

Like the mock-doc tone, the vampire parody feels worn out, though the production shows its affection for the tradition and insight about the…

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By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 27 Feb 2015

Superbly written with sharp humor, fantastic characters, and a well-polished story completely in tune with its source material, What We Do…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 27 Feb 2015

Lots to love here…

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By Charles Ealy (164) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 27 Feb 2015

In the spirit of This Is Spinal Tap, writer/directors Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi take us inside the lives of modern-day Wellington vampires…

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By Thelma Adams (133) for ZEALnyc (27) on 27 Feb 2015

Darkly, edgily funny, the mockumentary about four nocturnal, bloodsucking flat-mates in Wellington, New Zealand reduced me to a quivering laugh…

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By Christian Toto (897) for HollywoodInToto.com (350) on 27 Feb 2015

Tell your friends you saw the next comedy cult classic before anyone else…

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By Chase Whale (135) for ChaseWhale.com (27) on 26 Feb 2015

A vampire mockumentary that bites into the same vein of Spinal Tap comedy and cranks it up to eleven…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 26 Feb 2015

A send-up of the vampire mythos that's affectionate and genial…

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By Cary Darling (452) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 26 Feb 2015

Shadows takes what could have been a one-joke sketch and turns it into a very funny, and occasionally even touching, take on brotherhood and…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 26 Feb 2015

A gently parodic tone prevails throughout what is ultimately a pretty sweet take on bloodsuckers, even as Deacon and Nick flap their way through…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 26 Feb 2015

There is so much love and understanding of all the genres the film is skewering that What We Do in the Shadows transcends its lowbrow inspirations…

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