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- 2021
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
- 2021
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
Summary After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle's gleaming charm, and she sets out to u...
Directed By: John Lee
Written By: Alissa Nutting, Ilana Glazer, John Lee
- 2021
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
- 2021
- R
- A24
- 1 h 32 m
False Positive
54
4.3
Where to Watch
Summary After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle's gleaming charm, and she sets out to u...
Directed By: John Lee
Written By: Alissa Nutting, Ilana Glazer, John Lee
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
54
38% Positive
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8 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
54
38% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
With Ilana Glazer leading an outstanding cast, False Positive is not a movie you can easily shake off in a day or two. Or three.
A sharp screenplay and strong performances give this life as a watchable thriller, rather than just a mere pastiche.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 User Ratings
4.3
33% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
21% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
46% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 User Ratings
4.3
33% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
21% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
46% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
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Unfortunately, even False Positive’s shortcomings are uncharacteristically boring, generic and empty.
It’s a moderately effective horror movie with a much better, creepier and more nuanced one nestled invisibly alongside, the unborn twin ghost of a movie that might have been.
Despite a compelling first half, False Positive fails to imbue the pregnancy horror trope with depth or ingenuity, accelerating to a banal finish.
As the film crashes to a conclusion, early promise fading away, the film has the feeling of a valiant, but misguided, post-Get Out attempt to infuse social commentary within the framework of well-worn genre territory, aiming high but landing low.
It’s the product of a satirical ambition that lacks the wit to land any heady blows; the horror mastery to be even glancingly scary; the intellect to make those thrills invigoratingly existential; and the sense of humor to make it entertaining. What it is, is limp, dull, half-cocked — with a few good performances from good enough actors that hints at how a smarter movie might have worked.
A deliciously freaky bout from A24 while simultaneously feeling like it's missing that A24 vibe, FALSE POSITIVE is a fun horror flick reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby. Ilana Glazer gives a solid performance here as the bewildered mother, and Pierce Brosnan is equally as fun to watch as a deviously creepy doctor. Nothing great buy a decent quasi-horror film.
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Way too confusing and the twists were very stupid. Pierce Brosnan felt like the only actor who was making an attempt to act.
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A fun performance from Pierce Brosnan can’t save this train wreck of a film. Everything about this is such a boring mess that it becomes insufferable at points. Brosnan is obviously having some fun with his role but his character is pretty awful. All of the characters are pretty awful to be honest. None of them feel relatable or have obvious intentions. Nothing really makes a ton of sense with this story. It’s a take on Rosemary’s Baby but it never really does anything with that. The main character has some hallucinations and thinks Brosnan is up to something and he is but the journey to get there is incredibly boring. All of the dialogue scenes are insufferable. The dialogue is awful and it never really contributes anything to the overall story. The ending is probably the worst ending to a film this year. It’s so out of left field and weird. I like weird conclusions but it doesn’t feel deserved at all and goes into some really dark places before going “just kidding”. Besides Brosnan, all of the performances are fine. They aren’t great but they aren’t Bad per say. I did enjoy the music sometimes but it was very standard and boring. The cinematography is incredibly bland. There isn’t any interesting shots at all besides maybe one or two. Some of the sets are kinda cool with the pure aesthetic hiding something dark. I would recommend not checking this out because it’s a disaster of a film that has the unadded bonus of being extremely boring.
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