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Don't Let Go

2019

Jacob Estes

David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, Byron Mann ...

5.4

1,153

Sci-Fi. Horror. Thriller After a man’s family dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a phone call from one of the dead, his niece. He’s not sure if she’s a ghost or if he’s going mad — but as it turns out, he’s not. Instead, her calls help him rewrite history.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"[It] isn’t very good (...) and while Oyelowo and Reid are likable enough actors, they behave so frustratingly here that audiences will want to grab the phones from their hands and commandeer the conversation."
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"Even with an intelligent, credible performance by David Oyelowo, the daftness and utter implausibility of a smartphone so smart it can make calls to the future is overwhelming (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"Magical thinking wrapped up in a fussy, overly convoluted plot"
		Anthony Kaufman Screendaily	"A passable piece of suspenseful filmmaking, buoyed by the heartfelt relationship at its core"
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"[It] collapses into a pile of cop show and action movie clichés (...) The main issue is that once Estes puts across the big gimmick, he doesn’t do much of anything with it."
		Meredith Borders Bloody Disgusting	"On paper, writer/director Jacob Estes‘ Relive would be a fairly interesting time travel thriller, but it’s made into something more by the really wonderful relationship between its two leads (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Yolanda Machado The Wrap	"[It] has all the makings of being a good film: a great cast, good performances, and an interesting premise. But unfortunately, it’s full of genre clichés that end up miring the film in predictability."
		Ian Freer Empire	"[The premise] should be exciting but it is let down down by workaday writing and routine filmmaking (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"The narrative is too confined to cliches to ever branch out into something unexpected (...) The mystery is so bland that it can’t drive the film forward."
		John Byrne RTÉ	"If you sit back and accept 'Don't Let Go' on its own merits, you'll get an enjoyable psychological thriller with a strong cast that will keep you engrossed (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Aoife O'Ceallachain Film Ireland	"A middle-of-the-road movie (...) The actors save each other with their stellar performances but are let down by the script."
		James W. Anderson entertainment.ie	"It rarely bores but the central premise becomes more of a hindrance the longer the film drags on (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"

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