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Hold the Dark

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69% Tomatometer 83 Reviews 32% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Summoned to a remote Alaskan village to search for the wolves that killed three children, a wolf expert soon finds himself unraveling a harrowing mystery.
Hold the Dark

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Critics Consensus

Hold the Dark's unsettling aesthetic offers more of what filmgoers expect from director Jeremy Saulnier - and is often enough to prop up shaky narrative underpinnings.

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Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting Oct 29, 2018
3.5/5
Holding the dark - embracing it within, or keeping it away - is what all of Saulnier's films are about. Go to Full Review
Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald Oct 10, 2018
A grim, unsettling and ultimately forgettable Netflix horror flick that has a surprisingly high daytime body count for something that takes place mostly in the dark night of the Alaskan winter. Go to Full Review
Robert Daniels 812filmreviews Oct 4, 2018
3/4
Saulnier's lens has become more defined and his pursuit of the shot intenser...Saulnier's pursuit of the shot gives the film not just an authenticity, but encapsulates the mood of the adapted screenplay. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Jan 4, 2023
Nearly two hours long and smothered in portent, this is either just no fun or straight-up overwrought. Go to Full Review
Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies Sep 1, 2021
90/100
Episode 11: Moving On Go to Full Review
Dan Buffa KSDK News (St. Louis) Nov 10, 2020
Wright looks confused the entire film, things get very weird late, and at the end, you are depressed and wondering what you watched. Go to Full Review
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Hagrid G Apr 23, 2019 Possibly the worst film I've ever seen.
Apr 13, 2019 Having lived in a cold, northern climate and visited climates even further north I have many thoughts regarding the climatic and lighting aspects of this film. These matters dont bother many other viewers.so I wont list them. The stupidity of the police, the unbelievability of the gunplay, the native mysticism, the incessantly whispered lines and the wooden characters caused my eyes to roll. I could hardly wait for the movie to end. See more
Hagrid L Mar 28, 2019 I am so confused and bored.
Abraham W Mar 25, 2019 One of the singularly worst films I have ever seen. While the cinematic views are breath-taking and the musical score is wonderful, the ability of the director to give any audience viewer the slightest semblance of how to connect the dots of this film from one scene to the next, is quite frankly..........impossible. While the scenes correlate, one after the other, the ending has nothing to do with what the viewer felt the earlier scenes were leading up to. As mystical as the wolves are in this film, the director is more mystical in his approach to what could / should have been a great suspenseful film. Nothing makes sense here. See more
Abraham P Mar 14, 2019 Lots of unanswered questions
Hagrid P Mar 13, 2019 One of the worst films I have ever seen. Storyline absolutely did not make since, even at the end. Gaping wounds in the entire plot. The only good part was a fifteen minute shootout that had nothing to do with continuing the boring storyline that this movie supposedly had. The only reason I am giving one star is because of how beautiful Alaska is. The end. See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Summoned to a remote Alaskan village to search for the wolves that killed three children, a wolf expert soon finds himself unraveling a harrowing mystery.
Director
Jeremy Saulnier
Producer
Eva Maria Daniels, Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp
Screenwriter
Macon Blair
Production Co
Film Science, Addictive Pictures, Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 28, 2018
Runtime
2h 5m
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