The Hunt
critic Reviews
, 57% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Hunt is successful enough as a darkly humorous action thriller, but it shoots wide of the mark when it aims for timely social satire.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNick SchagerThe Daily Beast
This gleefully trashy, superficial satire takes shotgun aim at both Democrats and Republicans for their stereotypical assumptions about, and thin-skinned fury at, each other.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobbie CollinDaily Telegraph (UK)
If Hollywood really is an elite liberal bubble, Damon Lindelof might just be the prick it needs.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
What I think this intelligent, violent movie is saying is that both stories are wrong because in races where it's us (or US) versus them there can be no winner.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJames BerardinelliReelViews
It's a solid throwaway B-movie that probably thinks it has more to say than it actually does but is entertaining nonetheless.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
It's a pretty blunt, modern re-run with blunt, broad political satire on both sides, not much of which hits home...
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
No one could possibly be offended by The Hunt, because that would require it to contain at least one comprehensible idea.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreVictor PineyroSeventh Art Studio
Progressive Hunger Games, some good action moments and jokes for a film that feels written by AI. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreManuel São BentoMSB Reviews
The Hunt is a brilliantly dark satire on today’s political views of the world. It’s meant to be one of the most divisive films of the last few years, and it undoubtedly succeeds in its mission. Like dark humor, either you’re okay with it, or you’re not.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePaul LêNightmare on Film Street
The Hunt is a movie at odds with itself. It wants to shed light on urgent social matters the writers think are worth discussing. Yet, bizarrely, the political slant here doesn't go the way anyone was expecting.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreErick EstradaCinegarage
Betty Gilpin is spectacular... [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article