The Night
critic Reviews
, 80% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- The dramatic heft and dread of The Night delivers haunting psychological frights -- and an impressive feature directorial debut for Kourosh Ahari.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
It delivers a clammy shiver of disquiet.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRoxana HadadiPajiba
The Night defies easy explanation. There's more lurking here, in the lies we tell ourselves and each other, that you should experience for yourself.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCarlos AguilarLos Angeles Times
A goosebumps-inducing affair, "The Night" is at its most effectively unsettling when the focus is to evoke fear as opposed to when it physically shows what's haunting the characters trapped in their respective secret tragedies.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
Spooky and unsettling, director Kourosh Ahari's eerie suspense yarn The Night got under my skin.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It's all mood, and I don't know if it necessarily adds up.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAngie HanFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
I thought it really was effectively creepy... There's a pervasive sense that something is off.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKeith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
Ahari uses every inch of his setting to immerse his audience and his characters in an atmosphere-rich environment and unloads in a final act full of chilling imagery and a steady feel of unease.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDanilo CastroNext Best Picture
Overall, I'd say The Night is a very strong showcase for Kourosh Ahari. He has an intuition for staging and framing and a keen sense of timing that keeps the viewer off balance.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreErnesto DiezmartinezCine Vértigo
Although the story is quite derivative - and surely the "fault" of the woman will raise the eyebrows of any feminist in the audience - the truth is that the director Ahari delivers a very effective horror film.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAudrey FoxWe Live Entertainment
While the premise is intriguing and the environs appropriately spooky, The Night perhaps doesn't have enough to say to flesh out an entire film without occasionally feeling repetitive.
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