Tone-Deaf

This is a quirky, cutting story of generation versus generation, refereed by a filmmaker who seems to find both sides fairly ridiculous.

A monotonous horror-comedy.

Tone-Deaf goes from 'interesting' to 'messy' too quickly for my tastes.

Too cartoonishly broad to qualify as black comedy, and with no one to root for, this disappointing latest from Richard Bates Jr. isn't funny, suspenseful or outrageous enough to satisfy genre fans.

Tone-Deaf aims to blend edgy humor with striking scares but fails at both, lacking the needed nuance of political satire and the layers of tension demanded of horror.

Continually ignores opportunities for logical explanations, defaulting on a blame game between boomers and millennials as a reason for a literal clash in a haunted mansion.

Ultimately, Tone-Deaf is brilliantly crafted, Crew and Patrick need to be applauded, Bates is at an all time high. It's sleek, smart, visceral, trippy and scary, Tone-Deaf has everything you could ask for.

Richard Bates Jr. continues his quirky brand of blended genre in this entertaining look at the war of the generations.

Bates Jr's dialogue, zingy as ever, keeps everything fresh and funny, as his super-smart satire skewers many of the contradictions of these - and all - times.

Tone-Deaf is a great film with a story that is just twisted enough to keep the attention while filled with great performances and some seriously fun and weird imagery.