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Antlers

100 Movies of 2021

Antlers

2021

Scott Cooper

Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Amy Madigan ...

5.1

3,116

Horror. Fantasy A small-town Oregon teacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff, become entwined with a young student (Jeremy T. Thomas) harboring a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.

	Media	Author	Review
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Thoroughly successful both as icky art house horror and as an allegory of generational trauma (...) [It bears] the unmistakable mark of one of its producers, Guillermo del Toro."
		Todd Gilchrist The Wrap	"[It] is suspenseful and well-acted — but where’s the fun? (...) 'Antlers' is a handsome, meticulous, and yet overly serious entry"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"What makes suggestion-driven 'Antlers' so disturbing isn’t the movie’s tension- and dread-building mechanics so much as the way the filmmaker burrows into the minds of his two main characters"
		Carlos Aguilar The Playlist	"Poignant performances can’t save Scott Cooper’s thematic hodgepodge of dull scares (...) Unable to find cohesion in its varying pursuits for significance, Cooper’s latest comes off derivative at best"
		Ben Travis Empire	"Often effective and smartly conceived, 'Antlers' boasts grimy effects and an admirable slow-burn –but its monster metaphors don't always land (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Todd McCarthy Deadline	"When two of the most important aspects of a society — education and physical security — essentially are absent from citizens’ lives, what do you have? Not much, and that’s the scariest part of 'Antlers'."
		Steve Greene IndieWire	"Keri Russell does what she can to elevate a story about a town facing a menacing force, in a film that's somehow both sparse and overstuffed all at once."
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Dull, self-serious (...) A ponderous yet mostly empty creature feature confuses grimness for substance (...) In trying so hard to say something, 'Antlers' leads to nothing (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"'Antlers' disappoints by how much potential gets squandered. The concept and folklore provide fertile ground for horror, as does the incredible cast and crew involved with the production (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Caitlin Chappell CBR	"A memorable horror movie (...) While light on jump scares, there is plenty of horror and heart in this haunting tale about family and survival."
		John Serba Decider	"Unlike many of its horror contemporaries, 'Antlers' justifies creating such a woebegone atmosphere"

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