X
- 2022
- R
- 1 h 45 m
- 2022
- R
- 1 h 45 m
- 2022
- R
- 1 h 45 m
- 2022
- R
- 1 h 45 m
X
79
6.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
79
89% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
11% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
79
89% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
11% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It is a dynamic, deadly work of filmmaking that achieves all its lofty ambitions and then some to become an absolute masterwork.
For its whole running time, X has ideas on its mind. Like the doubled-edged title itself, both an evocation of the grungy rating this movie might have received in 1979 and something more suggestive ("You've got that X factor," Wayne says of Maxine's allure), it indicates a film that feels unpinned, ominous, and potentially unforgettable.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 244 User Ratings
6.5
60% Positive
146 Ratings
146 Ratings
27% Mixed
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
13% Negative
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 244 User Ratings
6.5
60% Positive
146 Ratings
146 Ratings
27% Mixed
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
13% Negative
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
I am not a huge horror fan but, I am a **** for a psychological thriller. This was hands down my favorite movie of 2022. Everything is so well done and after watching it more than 5 times you discover something new each time. Everyone plays their part so well.
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This movie was absolutely amazing, not surprising though as it was made by A24. I thoroughly enjoyed watching all the kills and sex. All the actors did an amazing job. 100% recommend.
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The horror genre has, of late, been hijacked by purportedly “elevated” takes that avoid the simplicity of something like a slasher. X provides a map for how to do the classics right while still taking the formula somewhere original.
West’s direction is exacting and rigorous. From the filmmaker’s more formal experimentations right down to the soundtrack, which is perfect, X feels like the exact movie its maker set out to create. Also on the money is Mia Goth’s performance as Maxine, a starry-eyed ingenue who is equal parts ordinary and glittering in her ambition and sexuality.
X is a reminder that, while the slasher genre had some very deep valleys, some of the most effective horror emerged from it (especially in the early days before the films became little more than orgies of inventive eviscerations). With X, West seeks to recapture some of the fun, edginess, and energy of those productions while at the same time delivering a few surprises.
It would be a mistake to call X a misfire — in its artisanal, period textures and delight in old-school atmospherics, it’s too well made. But it’s better at teasing than following through.
While the latest “Texas Chainsaw” installment dropped on Netflix a few weeks ago, “X” owes so much in style and tone to the 1974 slasher classic it feels like more of a legitimate heir than the film bearing its name.
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(Mauro Lanari)
1) The umpteenth "American Gothic", social subtext against the puritanical hypocrisy of the "Deep South" and the "Rust Belt". 2) The umpteenth horror of the clash between the illusory youthful vitality and the senile regret of the dyings, shown here in alternate montage and represented by a single actress (Mia Goth: "nomen omen"). 3) Manneristic in the less explicit references to "Boogie Nights", "The Shining", "Psycho", which didn't need to resort to the slasher subgenre. 1) The umpteenth "American Gothic", social subtext against the puritanical hypocrisy of the "Deep South" and the "Rust Belt". 2) The umpteenth horror of the clash between the illusory youthful vitality and the senile regret of the dyings, shown here in alternate montage and represented by a single actress (Mia Goth: "nomen omen"). 3) Manneristic in the less explicit references to "Boogie Nights", "The Shining", "Psycho", which didn't need to resort to the slasher subgenre. Even the MGM's lion was silenced: no more is to be expected from the A24.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
A24,
BRON Studios,
MAD SOLAR
Release Date Mar 18, 2022
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Tagline Dying to Show You a Good Time
Website
https://a24films.com/films/x
Awards
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 6 Nominations
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 5 Nominations
Sunset Film Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
