Becky
Quiver Distribution | Release Date (Streaming): June 5, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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90
Film ThreatLorry KiktaJun 4, 2020
Becky is a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse that leaves you unsure if the good guy is really that good at all. It’s funny at parts, shocking in parts, but mostly it’s just a great thriller that just so happens to have a 13-year-old girl as the heroine. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJun 1, 2020
With its gore and brutality and general nihilistic sensibility – not to mention an eyeball scene that would make Bunuel blush – Becky is not fit for 95 per cent of the populace, especially those who might innocently click on the title after recognizing the star of their favourite CBS sitcom. But for those who like to get dirty with this kind of scuzzy chaos, then this is near-perfect slimeball cinema. Read full review
83
The PlaylistCharles BarfieldSep 1, 2020
Besides its emotional texture, which will take you by surprise, more importantly, at the end of the day, Becky is a lot of enjoyably perverse fun. Read full review
79
PolygonKaren HanJun 10, 2020
It’s a lean, smartly shot horror-thriller, and though most of the characters are thin, the performances lend them more depth. Read full review
76
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpSep 1, 2020
Don’t confuse Becky for a smart movie. It won’t teach audiences anything valuable, or even new, about the disease of white supremacist ideology. It won’t leave folks holding hands in solidarity against racism and prejudice at a time when solidarity is like oxygen. It will, however, provide a brief burst of catharsis through the brutal slaughter of white supremacist ideologues, for whatever that catharsis is worth. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 5, 2020
Put this one squarely in the “guilty pleasure” category. And keep in mind that if you can’t be entertained by a thirteen-year old girl ruthlessly dispatching evil-doers in ways that will make a horror film fans tingle with glee, this may not be your cup of tea. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 5, 2020
Becky is a deeply fractured fairy tale that leaves logic at the door and revels in elaborate set pieces that usually wind up with someone maimed or dead. Read full review
75
The Film StageMike MazzantiJun 4, 2020
Splitting skulls and still managing to hit the brain, Becky is a blood-splattered crowd-pleaser that would destroy at a drive-in. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyJun 3, 2020
Wilson’s nimble half-brat, half-she-devil performance is key to our buying the basic premise, aided by solid supporting cast contributions. James grows less intimidating the more dialogue he’s given in an otherwise trim script by marital duo Ruckus and Lane Skye. Read full review
67
Original-CinJim SlotekJun 5, 2020
At its most basic level, Becky is a female empowerment/revenge movie. And a movie like this, with its de rigueur open-ended sequel-friendly ending, suggests Becky has plenty more empowerment left in her. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJun 5, 2020
And even if this all seems a little absurd for you, just take a degree of pleasure in seeing neo-Nazis getting brutalized by a teenage girl. That never gets old. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJun 2, 2020
Becky tends to work best when it revels in the blood-splattered set pieces of its script (written by Ruckus Skye, Lane Skye and Nick Morris), going that extra mile and a half in the gore department (special effects makeup was by Karlee Morse) to create some truly disgusting moments, albeit ones that are laced with a grim sense of humor. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 4, 2020
Becky is not without its grisly low-brow pleasures. But nothing in the movie makes a damn lick of sense. Read full review
50
ConsequenceMichael RoffmanJun 3, 2020
At 90 minutes, Becky should be a taut, hair-raising thriller, one that keeps you at the edge of your seat. It doesn’t. Instead, the thing ebbs and flows, peaking when you expect it to, and sinking when your heart’s just beginning to race. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 1, 2020
Becky is no “Straw Dogs.” Really, it’s mostly just a nasty genre movie with some gruesome scenes of violence. But it’s served well by a script that doesn’t merely embrace the gimmick of a pubescent girl fighting bad guys — it takes it seriously enough to explore it, at least a little. Read full review
45
TheWrapSteve PondJun 5, 2020
For all its wide-eyed embrace of murder and mayhem, the film feels rote as it goes about its bloody business. Read full review
42
IndieWireKate ErblandJun 4, 2020
Becky is as grim and gruesome as any horror movie in recent memory, but that alone can’t save this gross-out thriller. Read full review
40
The GuardianCath ClarkeSep 24, 2020
Becky’s crazed kills get more and more gimmicky, and there’s nothing in the script to indicate what has turned her into a pint-sized death-dealer. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 5, 2020
The ultra-violent take on “Home Alone” with a precocious teen girl who dispatches bad guys like a killer in a slasher movie? That’s where Becky falls apart. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshJun 3, 2020
Written by Nick Moore, Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, the script just doesn't give us enough material to care about the story, which is devoid of subtext and keeps everything on the surface. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 1, 2020
Movies like Becky don’t work when the villains don’t go all in and when the pace flags to the point where we notice the clunky dialogue and less than involving performances. Read full review
20
Rolling StonePeter TraversJun 5, 2020
This ultra-violent, ultra-stupid smarm-bomb deserves to take a few lumps before shuffling off to the digital boneyard. Read full review
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