Barbarians

Name: Barbarians
Genre: Thriller
Released: April 1, 2022
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Inès Spiridonov, Iwan Rheon, Steve Saunders, Tom Cullen

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: April 1, 2022 | NR

Starring: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Inès Spiridonov, Iwan Rheon, Steve Saunders, Tom Cullen, Will Kemp

Summary: Set over the course of twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Iwan Rheon) and Eva (Catalina Sandino Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Tom Cullen), property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Inès Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam's birthdaySet over the course of twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Iwan Rheon) and Eva (Catalina Sandino Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Tom Cullen), property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Inès Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam's birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. But secrets unravel over dinner, and when the doorbell rings the evening takes a nightmarish turn. As manners give way to madness, an 'idyllic' evening of celebration descends into a dark night of terror; and the group's civilized dinner party turns out to be anything but. [IFC Midnight]… Expand

Director: Charles Dorfman

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: NR

Runtime: 91 min

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James Berardinelli

Apr 1, 2022

Barbarians starts out as a tense psychological thriller unfolding against the tableau of a not-so-friendly dinner before morphing into something decidedly physical and creepy. Read full review

Brittany Witherspoon

Apr 7, 2022

Some pacing issues result in a feature that feels a bit uneven, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t entertained throughout all the craziness. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Mar 30, 2022

Director and writer Charles Dorfman’s debut feature is a corker of a good time to watch and rife with some juicy subtext regarding class, British colonialism, and toxic (read: douchebag) masculinity. Read full review

Matt Donato

Mar 31, 2022

I’m torn on Barbarians, because while the film displays sharpened technical filmmaking chops, it’s an unbalanced invasion thriller caught between its subgenre intentions. Read full review

IndieWire Mark Peikert

Apr 1, 2022

Nothing about this moodily lit, dinner-party-from-hell film can compete with the real-life drama that unfolded in the middle of the Academy Awards. Or with any other home invasion thriller, for that matter. Read full review

Noel Murray

Mar 31, 2022

Dorfman does an excellent job of constructing a dialogue- and performance-driven chamber piece; but he shows less skill at staging fight scenes and raw terror. Read full review

Lena Wilson

Mar 31, 2022

“Antichrist” may have been chauvinistic in its own right, but at least was interesting to watch. Barbarians doesn’t provide much excitement at all. Read full review

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