Alan Mount Starburst Oct 7, 2025 5/5

Severance is still a tremendously entertaining film, by turns hilarious and horrific.

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Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Nov 18, 2011 2/5

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Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Nov 17, 2011 2/5

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Steve Newton Georgia Straight Jul 6, 2010 4/5

Discriminating horror fans should also note that it's the most exhilarating fright flick to hit theatres since last year's The Descent.

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Tricia Olszewski Washington City Paper Mar 6, 2008

Severance is a story of terrible things that couldn't have happened to funnier people.

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David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com Oct 3, 2007 2/5

Sitting through its increasingly sluggish pace feels like, well, work.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Sep 12, 2007 6/10

For the most part, the scary parts are the scary parts, the funny parts are the funny parts, and never the twain meet.

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Gianni Truzzi Seattle Post-Intelligencer Aug 11, 2007 B+

The result is a cathartic hoot, relishing its own carefully doled out carnage.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Jul 13, 2007 3/4

Will surely make you laugh, but the guffaws are few and far between. That's hardly a caveat when you consider the statement made here, though...

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Jason Gorber Film Scouts Jun 21, 2007 A+

A slasher film with a brain, cleverly constructed with strong performances and storyline....The Office meets Deliverance....

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John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jun 19, 2007 3/4

Like a special episode of 'The Office,' scripted by Clive Barker.

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Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle Jun 8, 2007 2.5/4

The cast shows spark and gusto, especially Laura Harris as a vulnerable yet intrepid survivor type and Danny Dyer as a bent druggie who straightens out long enough to fight back.

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Tom Long Detroit News Jun 8, 2007

For the odd at heart, it will be worth the wait.

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Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Jun 8, 2007 3/4

It is wonderfully wry, and contains some great gags.

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Michael Booth Denver Post Jun 8, 2007 2/4

So there's still a smart office-horror movie left to be made. In the meantime, Severance is just another paycheck.

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Jun 8, 2007 2.5/5

Like the Britain of Tony Blair, it's neither bloody awful nor bloody great. Which isn't to say, rest assured, that there isn't plenty of blood.

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Sean P. Means Salt Lake Tribune Jun 8, 2007 2/4

[Smith] paces the gore too unevenly, leaving the cast standing around and griping for vast chunks of time. And the jokes ... are either too broad or too underplayed.

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Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette Jun 8, 2007 4.2/5

For fans of the genre, this is the film of the year.

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Jeff Vice Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Jun 7, 2007 2/4

It turns into yet another graphic Hostel-style killfest that eventually washes away all the fun ... with lots of blood.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Jun 5, 2007 C+

"Severance" is just enough of an exploitation satire (think, Roger Corman in his heyday) to hold your interest beyond its gratuitous knife, blood and breast recipe for suspense and shock.

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