Antiviral

Name: Antiviral
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
Released: April 12, 2013
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Douglas Smith, Joe Pingue, Lisa Berry, Malcolm McDowell

2013

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IFC Films | Release Date: April 12, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Caleb Landry Jones, Douglas Smith, Joe Pingue, Lisa Berry, Malcolm McDowell, Nenna Abuwa, Nicholas Campbell, Sarah Gadon, Sheila McCarthy, Wendy Crewson

Summary: After being infected with the virus that killed superstar Hannah Geist, Syd March must unravel the mystery surrounding her death to save his own life.

Director: Brandon Cronenberg

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

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Marc Mohan

Apr 25, 2013

There's a certain bravery in Brandon's full embrace of the themes of Cronenberg père, who may be returning the favor with his next film, the Hollywood satire "Maps to the Stars." Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 10, 2013

For all its preoccupation with disease, Antiviral isn’t especially visceral. The movie can be repulsive at times, but Cronenberg is more interested in ideas than in blood and guts. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Apr 11, 2013

Brandon Cronenberg clearly understands that he has to deal with the legacy of his last name, and Antiviral feels to me like a perverse act of exorcism, half tribute and half cleansing ritual. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Apr 11, 2013

With his debut picture, Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, has made a movie that's decidedly, resolutely unjunky — and more's the pity. This is a sleek, willfully elegant exercise, high on style even if it's conspicuously low on ideas. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Apr 11, 2013

The debut film of Brandon Cronenberg deals out shivers and flinches in little hypodermic jabs. Read full review

Geoff Pevere

Apr 5, 2013

For his feature film debut, Brandon Cronenberg has taken the decidedly uneasy route in more ways than one. First of all, Antiviral is a virtual panoply of high wooziness, replete with sweating, shakes, vomiting, rot-infected food and more needles piercing skin than rush hour at a free flu clinic. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Apr 5, 2013

Brandon Cronenberg's movie is made with some technical skill and focus, but it is agonisingly self-regarding and tiresome. Read full review

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CinemaCrush

Oct 10, 2020

David Cronenberg's son gives Pops a run for his money with this picturesquely gruesome debut. Imaginatively delivered dystopia that analyzes our perverse obsession with celebritism. Ignore the bad reviews. It may not be for everyone, especially the easily shook.... but if you like ANYDavid Cronenberg's son gives Pops a run for his money with this picturesquely gruesome debut. Imaginatively delivered dystopia that analyzes our perverse obsession with celebritism. Ignore the bad reviews. It may not be for everyone, especially the easily shook.... but if you like ANY Cronenberg stuff, whether it be father David or son Brandon, you will enjoy this beautifully tough to swallow creeper.… Expand

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AngusMilne

Apr 13, 2013

Antiviral is an interesting film. It stays far away from mainstream tradition of horror and instead goes for the kind of body horror that was obviously inspired by Brandon Cronenberg's father, David Cronenberg. The film gets a bit dull in the middle, but I was never actually bored. I shouldAntiviral is an interesting film. It stays far away from mainstream tradition of horror and instead goes for the kind of body horror that was obviously inspired by Brandon Cronenberg's father, David Cronenberg. The film gets a bit dull in the middle, but I was never actually bored. I should also note a very strong performance by Caleb Landry Jones.… Expand

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Panchogul

Nov 18, 2020

La historia tiene un concepto muy original y novedoso, pero el planteamiento es monótono y de muy pocas pulgas, le falta algo que la haga ser más atractiva ya que se siente demasiado cínica a la vez que nihilista.

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JLuis_001

Mar 17, 2019

2012 the year in which this film was released or 2019 the year I finally saw it. Its argument adjusts perfectly in any year since then.
If what happens in this film happens to be possible in real life, I don't want to imagine how many people would actually do it. But it would be too many and2012 the year in which this film was released or 2019 the year I finally saw it. Its argument adjusts perfectly in any year since then.
If what happens in this film happens to be possible in real life, I don't want to imagine how many people would actually do it. But it would be too many and that's not sad. It's grotesque.

Antiviral has an interesting theme but its slow narrative and its amateur staging only manage to decompensate the small balance that exists in its interesting story and therefore its structural poverty ended up undermining my interest and enjoyment.

It's a weekend film. And only if you don't have better options.… Expand

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inaneswine

Nov 14, 2017

It makes its heavy-handed point at the start and throughout, but its characters and plot just aren't interesting enough to make it worth sitting through.

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MeanJoeGreen

May 30, 2013

This could have been "fleshed out" into a reasonably entertaining Sci-Fi horror tale in the hands of someone who has developed the skill set to produce a coherent, suspenseful, and understandable storyline. Instead, this disjointed, painfully slow, essentially one character diatribe isThis could have been "fleshed out" into a reasonably entertaining Sci-Fi horror tale in the hands of someone who has developed the skill set to produce a coherent, suspenseful, and understandable storyline. Instead, this disjointed, painfully slow, essentially one character diatribe is presented in its place. and passed off as something deep and profound. Honestly, I've seen movies made by High School students that were better than this. It's mind boggling to imagine all the time and money wasted on this effort.… Expand

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Enerla

Feb 8, 2016

Viruses that cannot reproduce aren't viruses at all... They are used to actually immunize people to the disease without any chance of a real infection. At this story the "science" behind this SciFi doesn't make sense. The celebrity cult with cannibalism doesn't make much sense. And besidesViruses that cannot reproduce aren't viruses at all... They are used to actually immunize people to the disease without any chance of a real infection. At this story the "science" behind this SciFi doesn't make sense. The celebrity cult with cannibalism doesn't make much sense. And besides this we see a pretty mediocre story...… Expand

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