The Autopsy of Jane Doe
IFC Films | Release Date: December 21, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Total FilmNeil SmithApr 9, 2017
André Øvredal (Troll Hunter) ruthlessly ratchets the tension – with no little assistance from Olwen Kelly, conveying menace without moving a muscle. Read full review
80
EmpireKim NewmanMar 27, 2017
Featuring excellent work from grandstanding Cox and just-lying-there Kelly, The Autopsy Of Jane Doe creates a successful feeling of mounting dread punctuated by crashing thunder and surgical viscera. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 20, 2016
Gruesome without being gory, The Autopsy of Jane Doe achieves real scares with a minimum of special effects. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoFeb 2, 2017
A lean indie horror flick that manages to creep us out even before getting to the part that’s meant to be truly unsettling. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeDec 19, 2016
Cox and Hirsch are both accomplished actors with an easy, believable chemistry, and Cox in particular has the gravitas to really sell some of the more grotesque plot twists. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoDec 16, 2016
So clever and well-done that it makes the sins of the finale easy to forgive. Read full review
75
The Film StageEd FranklNov 16, 2016
Øvredal gives us B-movie thrills better than most of his peers, creating a campy, nasty, tremendously fun horror experience in which death proves not the ending we might expect. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJan 5, 2017
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is sometimes too low-key, favoring spooky atmosphere and slow-drip storytelling over visceral kicks. But as an acting showcase, the film’s a winner, getting plenty of juice from the performances of two reliable pros. Read full review
70
Village VoiceApril WolfeDec 22, 2016
Without the serious acting talent of its leads, this color-saturated gross-out horror could have devolved into a mess, but The Autopsy of Jane Doe proves imperfect fun even when it starts to play like CSI: Salem. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoDec 20, 2016
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is an age-old story of family horror that benefits from an approach focused on dark whimsy instead of typical genre jumps. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveySep 26, 2016
While “Autopsy” lives up to its title, providing plenty of grisly medical gore, the forensics induce less squirming than the exacting yet playful way Ovredal keeps making us anticipate more unnatural acts as the Tildens realize something is seriously amiss. Read full review
68
TheWrapMichael NordineJan 5, 2017
[Cox and Hirsch] add depth and dimension to the mystery they’re trying to unravel, even and especially as they unwittingly become part of it. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJan 11, 2017
Essentially a chamber piece for Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch (and Olwen Kelly, who plays the lifeless Jane Doe), the film benefits from the actors’ skills and their believable father/son rapport. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyDec 21, 2016
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is essentially a 90-minute episode of Jack Klugman’s late-’70s TV show "Quincy, M.E." with more graphic gore, goo, and guts. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonDec 16, 2016
This is cinema’s most comprehensive look at the gruesome business of necropsy since Stan Brakhage's The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonMar 27, 2017
Overall, this is an enjoyable, compelling small-scale shocker. Read full review
60
CineVueBen NicholsonSep 26, 2016
The two stars stay on their game but their relationship is largely sidetracked in favour of fending off ghouls. While the heart rate may increase the creepiness dissipates, though The Autopsy of Jane Doe remains good genre fun - if little more. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichDec 21, 2016
This morbid film takes body horror to a new level, but leaves its brains behind. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonSep 26, 2016
Not for the squeamish, Ovredal's chilly slab of body horror ultimately proves less than the sum of its forensically fileted parts. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthSep 26, 2016
‘Jane Doe’ never aspires beyond the ordinary, and more crucially even fails to meet that modest standard. Lifeless and lackluster, ‘Jane Doe’ never draws blood. Read full review
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