Black Christmas: reviews

What the critics say average 4.9 from 5

• 7.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman It is actually rooted in something relevant and interesting (...) the result is an innovative if at times crudely diverting. Read
• 6.7 IndiewireJude Dry Though entertaining and slickly made, some things can never compare to the original. Read
• 6.0 New York TimesBen Kenigsberg Some of the new ideas are silly (...) But if the 2019 ?Black Christmas? is not nearly as chilling as the original, it is genuinely barbed as gender satire. Read
• 3.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore Ineffective both as a thriller and as violent feminist wish-fulfillment (...) Takal's Black Christmas is far more ordinary, a blunt object in a fight demanding either sharp knives or explosives. Read
• 2.0 The GuardianBenjamin Lee It?s an unwieldy and messy thing, drearily directed and boringly written, taking its agenda seriously yet not providing a robust enough framework to surround it. Read
• Screen DailyTim Grierson Black Christmas is uneven and overreaches, and yet its anger at a misogynistic society gets its claws into its audience. Read