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- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Summary Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt.
Directed By: Craig Zobel
Written By: Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof
- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
The Hunt
50
6.5
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Summary Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt.
Directed By: Craig Zobel
Written By: Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
50
33% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
47% Mixed
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
20% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
50
33% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
47% Mixed
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
20% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Zobel’s film grapples directly with the political spectrum and uses everything we love and hate about each other as fodder for humor and horror.
At some point or another, you will be offended by The Hunt. But see it anyway, confident in the certainty that other people — people you don’t agree with, people you don’t like — will be offended, too.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 297 User Ratings
6.5
57% Positive
170 Ratings
170 Ratings
29% Mixed
85 Ratings
85 Ratings
14% Negative
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 297 User Ratings
6.5
57% Positive
170 Ratings
170 Ratings
29% Mixed
85 Ratings
85 Ratings
14% Negative
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
The Hunt is a smart satire that uses genre tropes to explore volatile social issues.
It’s a film that feels like it was designed to rile everyone up, but it ultimately has nothing to say about anything.
The movie’s mock-jaundiced attitude toward social media is itself satirical, and there’s a germ of a funny idea about how principled liberals can get entangled in pointless social media battles and infighting. But it’s eclipsed by an unavoidably moneyed perspective that presumes privileged people are inherently liberal, rather than attacking the hypocrisy of rich liberals in particular.
No matter, after much sound and fury the movie is more of a molehill than a mountain. Betty Gilpin deserves better and so do we.
There simply aren’t enough synonyms for “loathsome” to do the new movie The Hunt justice. Perhaps if we expand into other languages. C’est détestable! È ripugnante!
I expected a decent movie potentially ruined by politics, but I was wrong. It's a genuinely shocking and enjoyable movie from start to finish and I have little to no complaints. I highly recommend it.
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Está guay, algo que probablemente no habíamos visto, y mola bastante de ver, sobre todo con colegas.
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Plot: 6/10...super ridiculous, but super fun
Dialogue: 7/10...love the use of tropes, both liberal and conservative, and could easily become quotable
Performances: 6/10...nobody was supposed to be serious and for the most part the characters hit their outrageous marks. Gilpin was phenomenal with facial expressions and delivery
Misc.: 6/10...actually some pretty good special effects and fight scenes.
Overall: 6/10...intended to be exactly what it was. Absurd and an absolute blast.
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So I'm a Lindelof defender. I love Prometheus and the Watchmen TV show. Craig Zobel's 'Compliance' is fantastic.
But uh, this ****. The political satire is not clever beyond "Trump voters are redneck conspiracy theorists, and Liberal elites are hypocrites who care too much about being PC". It's 14yo Family Guy ****
If you want genre thrills with a smarter sense of subtext watch the Invisible Man.
If you've read the premise to this movie you've pretty much seen the movie. It makes stabs at a deeper message - "People become the monsters we imagine them to be" but I doubt there is much insight anyone will get from this. It's a waste of time.
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The Hunt fails to ever get past its one-dimensional jabs and make an actual point. Sure, Betty Gilpin gives a great performance as Crystal and the shocking and abrupt violence can be entertaining, but The Hunt does its best to repeatedly pull you out of your enjoyment. Consistent groan inducing jokes and twists that ultimately lead nowhere do not help its cause. By the end of its runtime, The Hunt has forgotten what it set out to do and quickly cuts to black before you can start questioning it.
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Production Company
Blumhouse Productions,
Dentsu,
Perfect World Pictures
Release Date Mar 13, 2020
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Tagline The Most Talked About Movie of the Year is One That No One's Actually Seen
Awards
Critics Choice Super Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Bandung Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Obscura Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
