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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary A camping trip for Mike (Aaron Staton) and his wife Wit (Wrenn Schmidt) takes an unexpected turn when they're joined by Mike's ex-military brother, Sean (Pablo Schreiber). With Sean unhinged from his stint in the military, and Mike distracted by career ambition, this was not the romantic getaway Wit was hoping for. But when the trio is t...

Directed By: Christopher Denham

Written By: Christopher Denham

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 28 m

Preservation

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
44
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary A camping trip for Mike (Aaron Staton) and his wife Wit (Wrenn Schmidt) takes an unexpected turn when they're joined by Mike's ex-military brother, Sean (Pablo Schreiber). With Sean unhinged from his stint in the military, and Mike distracted by career ambition, this was not the romantic getaway Wit was hoping for. But when the trio is t...

Directed By: Christopher Denham

Written By: Christopher Denham

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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57% Mixed
4 Reviews
29% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
44
14% Positive
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57% Mixed
4 Reviews
29% Negative
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70
Jan 8, 2015
Preservation ultimately impresses as an arrestingly suspenseful thriller that takes clever narrative twists and turns while moving through familiar territory.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 7, 2015
Christopher Denham's Preservation is a violent yet agreeably goofy throwback to the survival-in-the-woods genre.
By Sherilyn Connelly FULL REVIEW

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38% Negative
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50
Jan 29, 2015
Until its characters behave illogically in the third act and the direction shows suspense fatigue, Preservation displays a flinty resolve to be better than your average woodsy-nightmare thriller.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 13, 2015
Technological updating and a few clever narrative twists are the sole saving graces of the otherwise pedestrian Preservation.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 8, 2015
Like his ill-fated hunting party, Mr. Denham’s plans for his thriller don’t turn out quite the way he’d hoped.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 9, 2015
There are few surprises here after the narrative’s turn to survival horror as the film plods to its inevitable conclusion, and even that final shot feels unearned.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 5, 2015
Chockablock with instances of characters not shooting, running, attacking, or sneaking away when they can or should, this thriller comes off like the world's most rigged game.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Present Pictures
Release Date Jan 9, 2015
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Man is the only animal that kills for fun ...
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