I Think We're Alone Now: reviews

What the critics say average 5.1 from 11 outlets

• 8.0 The VergeBryan Bishop 'I Think We?re Alone Now' is a tone poem of a movie, telling its story with lush, vivid imagery, and quiet, nuanced performances. Its slow, methodical pacing may not appeal to all moviegoers, and the film?s final act doesn?t entirely work. But it?s nevertheless a beautiful meditation on loneliness and the walls we put up to deal with grief and loss. Read
• 7.5 The PlaylistGregory Ellwood Beautiful and evocative until it?s not. In many ways for Morano it feels like an artistic progression from her previous work on 'Handmaid?s'. Read
• 6.0 VarietyAmy Nicholson Handsome, heavily-underlined treatise on solitude. The film doesn?t have a convincing way to reconcile the two. Read
• 5.0 Roger EbertBrian Tallerico Morano?s visual acumen is on full display, and the film's sound design is undeniably accomplished, but the script here by Mike Makowsky gives its characters absolutely no room to breathe. Read
• 5.0 New York TimesKen Jaworowski A haunting first half can?t offset the absurd ending of 'I Think We?re Alone Now', a post-apocalyptic tale with a late plot twist that feels as if it comes out of left field. And right field. Read
• 5.0 The A.V. ClubVikram Murthi Unfortunately, 'I Think We?re Alone Now' stops being interesting right when Grace (Elle Fanning) comes to town, mostly because she brings screenwriter Mike Makowsky?s trite ideas about loneliness and community along with her. Read
• 4.2 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich Rather than forge a believable relationship between Grace and Del that stokes our interest in the future, this uneasy two-hander strings us along by raising dull questions about the past. Read
• 4.0 Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele With the indie two-hander 'I Think We?re Alone Now', starring Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning, this talented director is stuck in neutral with the illogical, unremarkable concerns in Mike Makowsky?s ham-fisted screenplay. Read
• 4.0 Rolling StonePeter Travers Even Dinklage and Fanning can?t give this failed experiment a heartbeat. You won?t wish for the end of world while watching 'I Think We?re Alone Now', just the end of the movie. Read
• 4.0 VultureDavid Edelstein After its intriguing start, the movie gets dumb and dumberer. ?Third-act problems,? concluded many in the Sundance audience. But the first two acts have issues, too. Read
• 3.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy Dramatically and philosophically void and unprovocative. Things remain largely uneventful and ? it has to be said ? quite boring for a full hour Read
• SlashfilmBen Pearson Quiet, reflective, and intimate, 'I Think We're Alone Now' is an exceptional exhibition for Dinklage and Fanning and a further illustration of the dynamic talent of filmmaker Reed Morano. Read
• ColliderAdam Chitwood The winning performances from Dinklage and Fanning mixed with Morano's confident handle behind the camera make for a most intriguing entry into the post-apocalyptic genre. Read