The Disappointments Room
Relativity Media | Release Date: September 9, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
20
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSep 14, 2016
The Disappointments Room lives (and dies) up to its name. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubSep 9, 2016
There simply aren’t enough scares to build tension throughout. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshSep 10, 2016
The script telegraphs things, but also often descends into incoherence. It tries to be too many things at once, and ends up being nothing. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSep 10, 2016
Disappointments has the strange confidence of a much slicker, more decisive movie, and all of its sort-ofs don’t add up to much. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberSep 9, 2016
Caruso’s direction is slick and fluid enough, and gifted cinematographer Rogier Stoffers (Quills, School of Rock) makes the most of the house’s dark, eerie corners. But the performances are highly variable. Beckinsale delivers the goods, but Mel Raido as her impatient husband David never generates much sympathy. Read full review
15
TheWrapRobert AbeleSep 10, 2016
Named as if it knew its destiny, The Disappointments Room brings together those horror movie standbys that just can’t quit each other — a creepy old home and a troubled family — for some truly convoluted, non-scary, and execrable psychological mishegoss surrounding a hidden chamber and the noxious historical shame it holds. Read full review
40
VarietyJoe LeydonSep 12, 2016
There is more mood than matter to be sampled in “The Disappointments Room,” a spooky psychological thriller — or, perhaps, a psychological thriller with spooks — that is initially intriguing but ultimately, unfortunately, lives down to its title. Read full review
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