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- 2023
- PG-13
- Hulu
- 1 h 33 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Hulu
- 1 h 33 m
Summary No One Will Save You introduces Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever), a creative and talented young woman who’s been alienated from her community. Lonely but ever hopeful, Brynn finds solace within the walls of the home where she grew up—until she’s awakened one night by strange noises from decidedly unearthly intruders.
Directed By: Brian Duffield
Written By: Brian Duffield
- 2023
- PG-13
- Hulu
- 1 h 33 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Hulu
- 1 h 33 m
No One Will Save You
60
6.3
Summary No One Will Save You introduces Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever), a creative and talented young woman who’s been alienated from her community. Lonely but ever hopeful, Brynn finds solace within the walls of the home where she grew up—until she’s awakened one night by strange noises from decidedly unearthly intruders.
Directed By: Brian Duffield
Written By: Brian Duffield
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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9 Reviews
31% Mixed
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5 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
60
56% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Dever takes Duffield's clever, anxiety-inducing script and levels it up with her complex performance. Together the duo are a one-two punch, delivering a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that promises to become a favorite among genre lovers.
No One Will Save You proves a singularly intense experience.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 95 User Ratings
6.3
55% Positive
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
33% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
13% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 95 User Ratings
6.3
55% Positive
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
33% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
13% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
The movie is completely silent, no dialogue from the main character, just an amazing performance from her expressions, and the noises. The movie leaves us with doubts, and leaves a big opening. For exemple, we can ask ourselves : is Brynn suffering from a mental illness? No One Will Save You leaves us to our interpretation, and it's really exiting. My respect to the shooting scenes that were really inventive, the soundtracks/special effects were incredible. Also, the aliens were really vintage. It's just fun and intelligent.Finally, the movie offers to the public home invasion without us knowing : how did they came here ? Why ? And it works, because it keeps us looking for the next thing all the time. My Sign of 2023
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This movie does not let up, from the moment the first invasion begins it is awesome throughout. The lack of dialogue is not distracting in any way. Great mixes on the standard alien look. Fun and tense set pieces.This deserved a full theatrical release.
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While not flawless in execution, it's daringly creative — the kind of movie that will inevitably cause those who see it to start talking about other movies as a way of understanding
While its minimalist approach keys into creepy unknown anxieties about our extraterrestrial neighbors, Duffield’s signature dose of emotional heft floats away into the clouds this time around.
No One Will Save You is at its best when it marries the tension of a home invasion thriller with the thrills of an alien abduction film, and Kaitlyn Dever proves she has the chops to carry a whole movie on strength of her facial expressions alone. However, the film ultimately fumbles when it becomes both a convoluted action film and an on-the-nose parable about overcoming grief and guilt.
A fiery Dever gives it more than the film ends up deserving, though, rising to a difficult challenge with both the virtual lack of dialogue and a string of sequences that force her to energetically react to a range of digital effects, a performance that almost saves the movie.
No One Will Save You is a very bizarrely unremarkable, abnormally lifeless movie, seemingly starting right out of the gate in the second act and then trying to reverse engineer the audience’s sympathy—and everything else— for the unknowable protagonist.
I've noticed high praises for No One Will Save You (NOWSY), even praises from Stephen King, the Master of (Novel) Horror, but, although I found the premise to be very good, I felt that NOWSY missed the point by an inch.
Do you want the Executive Summary? Sure, then! Though NOWSY is scary and suspenseful, the lack of character development for Brynn might pay a toll on the dark ending. Read more for details.
In NOWSY, anxiety-driven and recluse-homegirl Brynn receives an unexpected guest: an alien, and he is not friendly. The problem is that Brynn has no one to ask for help because her past set her as hated by all townsfolks.
The missed inch here is with the character Brynn. The setup is too short, which gives us no context to her anxiety problem other than one major scene where she is having an anxiety crisis and one small glimpse of common anxiety when she has to go the post-office. I'm husband to a woman that suffers from this disorder, and I know her pain and struggle; even though people cope with anxiety in different ways, I felt that Brynn's anxiety was — pun intended — scripted.
Another problem is the hate townsfolks have towards her. Again, with the setup being too short, we get no real sense of the hatred that she is in. And this hate is also a turning point in the ending.
So, these are the only cons of the movie; moving into middle-ground territory, then, the lack of dialogue is doubtful. Even when Brynn meets Mrs. Collins, there's no dialogue, regardless of the encounter being a key scene.
The cinematography is alright, but nothing spectacular. CGI is clearly CGI, and perhaps having the aliens so up-and-close was not the best choice.
The ambience, though, is very suspenseful and frightening, especially when slow pace is setting the mood for a thrill. As aforementioned, editing is alright, but the setup was too short. I'd sacrifice the scene with the small-sized alien for more setup, which could develop the Brynn character further.
The sound effects are alright, but nothing that should give you goosebumps or something. General effects overall, if you will.
The ending was dark, but not highly aligned with the Brynn character's desire. Because Brynn has no development in the beginning, the ending feels a bit out of place and, perhaps, too dark. The ending also does match Brynn's persona at all as she dismisses a slightly diminished version of the ending previous to the actual ending.
NOWSY tries to send a strong message about anxiety and society cancelling, but Direction misses the point. Though, NOWSY is thrilling, and the horror elements are there, NOWSY ends with a dark tone that feels out of place with the overall movie pacing and plot. For horror geeks, it is recommendable, but NOWSY is no masterpiece
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A mixed bag, but props for trying something different. Kaitlyn Dever killed it though.
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Major amounts of plot contrivances. Within just the first 35 minutes, there are so many mind numbing decisions made..... consecutively...... from both human and aliens alike. For example: A race of interstellar aliens who are far more advanced than humanity, are apparently unable to track and safely detain a very noisy and panicked young woman let alone someone who would actually pose a threat? You know, like somebody with a gun? Additionally, this total idiot of an alien gets killed and apparently none of his comrades notice or care enough to check in on the house he was last at (this somehow changes over the course of the runtime). It's an oxymoron to have aliens who are dimwitted morons. By their very arrival Earth means they are technologically superior; the only reason the panicked young woman is able to get the upper hand is through MASSIVE amounts of plot contrivances/plot armor. It really is just one absurd piece of luck after the next. Does it build tension? Yes. And there were several times where I was truly gripped. However, each one of those moments of being thrilled was ruined by absurd plot armor.
The ending is just a stupid cherry on top. Apparently this woman is the only person in town with trauma? She was alienated by her community and then in the end becomes the only one without the body snatching throat thing? I don't care.... outside of the great acting from the lead actress and a few moments of suspense, this is a very dumb movie. Only recommend if you are truly die hard fan of sci-fi horrors.
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(Mauro Lanari)
The Easter eggs vicariate creativity: if the gold mines of domestic invasion, psychic trauma and extraterrestrials have been exhausted until the last petita, the parade of this euphemistic homages replaces and makes up for them. Duffield gets mixed up looking for something different and candidly admits that he was interested in ending the film with the protagonist smiling, whether it was dream or reality: psychotic delusion, guilt, isolation, loneliness, alien to her community except when she reconstructs its model at home, or abduction from "War of the Worlds" that reintegrates her into a world managed and governed by the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". In his slyly letting the viewer free on the correct interpretative key to adopt (metaphor/allegory or not?), the director manifests "all the emptiness of an arrogant and specious operation" (Giacomo Calzoni).
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Awards
Golden Scythe Horror Awards
• 4 Nominations
Critics Choice Awards
• 2 Nominations
Astra Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
