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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckCannily exploiting #MeToo themes and the opportunities for cinematic mayhem provided by technology-driven smart homes, Held proves an uncommonly thoughtful and provocative suspenser.
- The film is scary not in its extraordinary imaginings but in the mundane familiarity that underpins those imaginings.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film doesn’t quite cut to the heart of the socially nurtured fantasies that splinter men from women.
- 50Original-CinLiam LaceyOriginal-CinLiam LaceyBeyond the premise though, Held is pretty much stale ginger ale, not fresh, no fizz, thinly acted and tepidly paced. While it’s passably interesting, watching co-directors Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing (The Gallows) explore the antiseptic house as if watching a a real estate video, the accompanying thin drama drifts into episodic genre violence and doubtful logic.
- 40Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayIt lacks the cleverness or the panache to give its schtick the proper zing.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreHeld may have messaging that fits the cultural moment well enough, and visceral violence that pulls us in and engages — eventually. But that first hour has beaten our interest in this slow-moving indie thriller to death long before that.
- 25RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyAnd while I understand the anger that animates Awbrey’s script, anger doesn’t excuse its overall weak argumentation, not to mention its rampant plot holes.