Profile
critic Reviews
, 61% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Profile's unique narrative gimmick is enough to carry the film partway, but it's ultimately overwhelmed by an increasingly ludicrous plot.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
The ratcheting tension is sadly punctured by unintentionally hilarious scenes...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClaudia PuigFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
I got caught up in it. I think it's a gimmick in many ways... but it works in this format, and it's kind of compelling.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It really pulled me in. I was into this film.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBilge EbiriNew York Magazine/Vulture
Profile's formal brilliance also one of its near-fatal limitations: Just because our world is now entirely online doesn't mean that reality is actually there, too.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark FeeneyBoston Globe
Is it a great movie? No, but it's something rare in any medium, film or otherwise: a work in which form really is content.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles Times
"Profile" works on several levels - as a cinematic feat, dual character study, gripping thriller ... and as a cautionary tale.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreElisa GuimarãesCollider
Profile scares us by simply recognizing that the internet is made of millions of people, some of whom don’t have the best of intentions.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreZach PopeZach Pope Reviews
A Scary must see thriller
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDan BayerNext Best Picture
The biggest key to the film's success is that creeping around the edges of the exploitation thriller is a sly comment on our increasingly digital lives... It's a devious move, one that feels just right for a film this diabolically slick and well-crafted.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTessa SmithMama's Geeky
An intense film that gets more and more frustrating as it goes on, but you just can't look away.
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