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- 2016
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
- 2016
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
Summary Eagerly awaiting their first child, a young couple in a tiny London suburb become involved in a psychological battle of wills with the tenants in the apartment downstairs.
Directed By: David Farr
Written By: David Farr
- 2016
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
- 2016
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 27 m
The Ones Below
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5.2
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Summary Eagerly awaiting their first child, a young couple in a tiny London suburb become involved in a psychological battle of wills with the tenants in the apartment downstairs.
Directed By: David Farr
Written By: David Farr
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
63
56% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
44% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The chillingly twisty plotting is dispensed in painstakingly measured increments that allow for maximum dread and, ultimately, well-earned shock value, while his four leads deliver equally subtle performances that sync with the pacing beat for beat.
The Ones Below is an intimately disturbing nightmare of the upper middle classes, with tinges of melodrama and staginess, entirely appropriate for its air of suppressed psychosis.
Toward the end, Mr. Farr employs familiar cinematic sleights of hand, but with a finely calibrated touch.
Even the film's lapses inform it with a free-associative sense of portent, evoking the stupid things we inexplicably do in our most personal nightmares.
The Ones Below is a creepy genre exercise by a craftsman finding his groove.
The Ones Below is a thriller that exasperates more than it thrills.
The Ones Below needs some B-movie embellishment to set it apart from every other wannabe thriller, but it hopes it’s too serious for such things. So exacting and severe, we see the strings and grow bored of their inevitability.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.2
33% Positive
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.2
33% Positive
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44% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Production Company
Cuba Pictures,
Tigerlily Films,
BBC Film,
Kreo Films FZ
Release Date May 27, 2016
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
Tagline How well do you know your neighbors?
Awards
Glasgow Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
