Prevenge

Name: Prevenge
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: March 24, 2017
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 71

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Shudder | Release Date: March 24, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way.

Director: Alice Lowe

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 23, 2017

Prevenge is a brilliantly conceived meditation on prepartum anxiety and extreme grief. Read full review

The Telegraph Patrick Smith

Mar 20, 2017

Serving as an allegory on post- and antenatal depression, Prevenge is a kaleidoscope of violence and humour, a tense tale that wickedly extracts laughs through the banality of its suburban setting. Read full review

Emily Yoshida

Mar 27, 2017

Lowe, who was actually pregnant during production, also wrote the movie’s script, whose rough edges and gaps are filled in by her strong sense of tone and instinctual truth as a director. Read full review

The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Nov 18, 2016

Uneven though it is, and downright shaggy at times, Prevenge is valuable in that it plots so unexpected an expectant-mother story — one in which pregnancy is actually ultimately minimized in terms of its impact on the story. Read full review

Noel Murray

Mar 23, 2017

While the plot is skimpy, the performances are rich, which turns Prevenge into a series of satirical sketches, dissecting the social dynamics between a mother-to-be and the various men and women who think they have an advantage over her. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Mar 23, 2017

At its best, Prevenge feels like a hilarious distillation of every conflicted, politically incorrect thought that many pregnant women are too polite to share in public. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Mar 24, 2017

Lowe's attempts at getting into anti-heroine Ruth's head are largely unsuccessful, though her performance is sometimes effectively hysterical. Read full review

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S1r-R34l

Apr 10, 2017

You have to stay with this psychological thriller, through the first two kills (about 20 minutes)... I so nearly turned off. However, after this point, the acting, story, characterisations, and direction get so much better and the film is actually worth watching, especially if you like darkYou have to stay with this psychological thriller, through the first two kills (about 20 minutes)... I so nearly turned off. However, after this point, the acting, story, characterisations, and direction get so much better and the film is actually worth watching, especially if you like dark humour. This is not a comedy but is much better than most comedies around at the moment. Alice Lowe, who wrote, directed, and starred in the lead role has done a splendid job of showing the bonds of one psychopathic mother as she talks and listens to her psychotic unborn child, in her womb.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Oct 7, 2017

Interesting black comedy that combines horror and some fantasy that ended up being an entertaining mix but not very outstanding, I'm not saying you will reject it, it's simply that it never transcends, nothing bad in it either, after all this is entertainment and that is what it gives.
ThatInteresting black comedy that combines horror and some fantasy that ended up being an entertaining mix but not very outstanding, I'm not saying you will reject it, it's simply that it never transcends, nothing bad in it either, after all this is entertainment and that is what it gives.
That ends up trying to encompass more than what it can it's true, you cannot blame it for being ambitious but you also have to know your our own limits.… Expand

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