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- 2022
- R
- Paramount+
- 1 h 24 m
- 2022
- R
- Paramount+
- 1 h 24 m
Summary Significant Other follows a young couple (Maika Monroe & Jake Lacy) who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone.
Directed By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Written By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
- 2022
- R
- Paramount+
- 1 h 24 m
- 2022
- R
- Paramount+
- 1 h 24 m
Significant Other
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5.6
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Summary Significant Other follows a young couple (Maika Monroe & Jake Lacy) who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone.
Directed By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Written By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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33% Mixed
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17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
57
50% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Significant Other does not reinvent the genre, but its narrative flourishes make for an exciting outing.
When it embraces an eerie and enigmatic tone that subsequently gets turned on its head, Significant Other still boldly proves to be a film worth getting lost in.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 User Ratings
5.6
30% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
50% Mixed
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20% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 User Ratings
5.6
30% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
50% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
20% Negative
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4 Ratings
Honestly, I did not expect anything but cheap generic scares, but oh boy was i very wrong. This has incredibly clever writing for a short movie and I can't spoil it, but there are many twists that made me drop my jaw and I'll tell you it's worth the time and even money to watch this and be left satisfied. 9/10 exceptional film even if it's not that long.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Berk and Olsen take a big swing by overtly hailing far-flung influences—Spielberg, Aster, Kaufman—without overstuffing their film with incessant references. But they don’t quite follow through on their initial ambition, and the movie feels frustratingly restrained.
At the halfway mark, a little spice gets shaken into the otherwise thin soup. It’s still far from a must-see, but there are rewards for those who stick to the end.
Significant Other is a substandard supernatural hybrid, which wastes the talent of all those involved. Maika Monroe and Jake Lacy may work hard to breathe life into this ponderous fireside fable, but often fall short through no fault of their own.
A clever (and foreshadowed) touch or two notwithstanding, in the end, the filmmakers’ attempts at misdirecting the viewer’s expectations fail and the movie’s endless “on the nose” characters, moments and lines of dialogue overwhelm it.
Significant Other was a surprise for me. I wasn't expecting that much fun. The approach to human nature is absurdly fun, yet also it is a truism. Maika Monroe is a jewel we need to protect. And yes, she got me with that twist, too.
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There were clues, but I still liked how it turned the tables on me.
It certainly doesn't do much with its plot, but it's perfectly understandable why and those are points in favor of the film as a whole, because it doesn't needlessly drag out its stay.
Significant Other delivers 80 tense and entertaining minutes, direct and to the point.
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The lead performances were more than acceptable, and really the only thing worth mentioning in this very slow burn thriller that goes so unexpectedly off the rails in the 3rd act. A typical trauma backstory with no real breakthrough or meaning. Nice and short though.
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