The Darkest Hour
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Metascore
16 out of 100

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5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 140 Ratings

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  • Starring: Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby
  • Summary: The Darkest Hour is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. (Summit Entertainment)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 8 out of 10
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    Dec 26, 2011
    50
    The Darkest Hour turns out to be a modestly inventive and involving variation on a standard-issue sci-fi doomsday scenario.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Keith Staskiewicz
    Dec 29, 2011
    33
    You should be rooting for the humans, but you might as well be rooting for the blobs. Most likely, though, you'll just be rooting for the credits.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    Dec 26, 2011
    30
    An alien invasion flick that evidently expects dramatic shots of a depopulated Red Square to make up for a flatlining screenplay and the absence of even a single compelling character.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Joel Brown
    Dec 28, 2011
    25
    Once upon a time, you'd go to see a grade-C genre movie like this willing to trade consistency and artfulness for a few stray thrills or oddball charm. But Darkest Hour doesn't have even as much character as those Discover commercials.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 47
  3. Negative: 17 out of 47
  1. allmovies
    10
    The Darkest Hour is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The 3D thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects.… Expand
  2. Gene
    8
    This movie borrows heavily from a Russian science fiction story story called a Roadside Picnic, not very well known in the west but it's pretty much a force in Russian storytelling equal to America's Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. This translates into a movie that might just be different and strange enough to keep westerners engaged even though the movie has some pretty weak parts. Character development does'nt always make sense, there were a few people that seemed interesting and worthwhile at the beginning that just lose all speaking lines at a certain point and simply hang around making stupid decisions until the inevitable death. The unmasked aliens look pretty ridiculous.… Expand
  3. Rikiege
    6
    An alien movie with good special effects.
  4. sirky004
    3
    I thought the movie was awesome but it isn't. Good visual effect doesn't make up for a crappy storyline. This movie is one of the worst movie I've watched.… Expand

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