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Negative reviews
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3.8
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3.8
Cam is a fascinating conversation starter driven by a great performance.
Rogerebert
5.0
The film is more powerful than viewers of either high or lowbrow desires could desire, and it fashions a haunting tone out of its premise.
Rogerebert
1.0
Cam feels like a sci fi thriller about a future dystopia in which any child with fake ID can broadcast live and nude from a bedroom and cater to sadom ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
The ultimate solution that Alice devises is too simple to be dramatically satisfying, but its believable enough to scare you off social media if only ..
Indie Wire
2.0
But the combination of a sex worker milieu, suspense mechanics and speed of the internet pace should appeal to genre fans looking for something differ ..
Variety
4.5
But when a ghost in the machine starts imitating Lola, and picking up Alices fans, thats when it takes a fascinating and disturbing sharp left turn.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
0 This is a repost of our review from the 2018 Fantasia International Film Festival.
Collider
3.5
It draws its disturbing power from a more universal 21st century phobia: our sheer existential dread of being locked out of the virtual world behind t ..
The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
The internet, as the philosopher king Trekkie proclaimed in Avenue Q, is for porn.So many tools now viewed as standard streaming video, two way chat, ..
3.5
Upending the typical thriller trope of the sex worker as helpless victim, Cam introduces us to the populous world of webcam pornography through the ey ..
The New York Times
4.0
It helps that Mazzei and Goldhaber also make it highly engaging and enjoyable.
IGN
5.0
Madeline Brewer is fantastic as Alice, a sweet natured yet shrewdly ambitious cammer, who in her online persona as Lola combines nudity with a bubbly ..
3.5
The nuanced performance by Madeline Brewer is a solid and the eerie sci fi concept is a winner.
Sover
4.4
The movies nightmarish quest for Alice to assert and establish her true identity is the stuff of all our darknesses, but the digital design and the fo ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
At every turn, Alices concerns arent taken seriously because shes a sex worker.
Chicago Reader
3.1
By the time the somewhat unsatisfying finale rolls around, Cam has confirmed its place as a decent yet half baked thriller that probably wouldve worke ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Director Daniel Goldhabers feature debut doesnt quite fulfil its initial promise but co writer Isa Mazzeis hands on experience of this highly competit ..
Radio Times
4.5
Our Take: Well say this about CAM, a first time feature writing effort from Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei, and a first time feature directorial effo ..
Decider
2.5
Unfortunately, a solid premise can only carry a film so far, and Goldhaber fails to deliver on Cams potential.
Film Journal
3.5
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Smh
4.5
The openness of what is happening is something that makes the film and its ending much more interesting than if it has been what one may think it is a ..
Cinema Crazed
5.0
Its a bravura performance that flits between several realities while keeping the film grounded as the plot twists make narrative leap after narrative ..
Slate
4.5
Such iron commitment to form and craft never ceases to be refreshing, but its especially delightful in a blockbuster environment that often reduces ge ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
In the end, the implication of those ideas lingers long after the tension is resolved.
Film Inquiry
3.0
The ending is perhaps a little too neat (albeit also messy) but it feels far from final.
Eye For Film
3.0
The cyber thriller genre has routinely proven to be a tough nut to crack, as most all offerings tend to date fast and age badly, while rarely deliveri ..
Flickering Myth
3.5
Cam is a movie about sex workers and sex that doesnt glamorize, glorify, or romanticize the profession, and it doesnt look down upon it either.
Flim Threet
3.5
This remarkably accomplished thriller, by Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber (she wrote, he directed), depicts a crisis in the life and work of a cam gir ..
New Yorker
2.0
Its about the pitfalls of an occupation vilified by a world embarrassed with its own cravings.
The Film Stage
4.5
Maybe you need something to watch while you digest the turkey and fight off tryptophan induced sleep.Maybe you need something for the whole clan to wa ..
Boston Globe
5.0
The duality between real life Alice and camgirl creation Lola is central to the films themes and to an ever deepening spiral of psychological horror.
Birth Movies Death
4.5
It is absolutely refreshing to see a film frame sex work as neither scandalous nor fetishized.
Birth Movies Death
1.5
Her family doesnt know about her line of work and she is thinking of a proper time to tell them.
Firstpost
4.4
Despite some horror overtones, this is ultimately a story of control.
Aisle Seat
3.0
Concepts of pure good and pure evil have no place here; there is only you, and the version of yourself you bring to the world.
Consequence Of Sound
3.5
Ultimately as cheeky as it is scary, Cam is a seduction disguised as a sermon, and its all the better for it.
Vox
3.5
Cam is rarely frightening, but frequently intriguing, freaky fun and feels unique, fitting comfortably into the tech horror subgenre.
Hey U Guys
3.0
Goldhaber, making an excellent feature directing debut, shows an impressively assured hand at filmmaking, especially as Alices mental state starts to ..
The Play List
2.5
Theres a good short film here trapped in the body of this feature.
Film Freak Central
4.5
Cams importance doesnt lie within its horror story, but rather in its heros journey.
Film School Rejects
5.0
Its no small thing, and the idea adds weight to the ending in satisfying ways.
Film School Rejects
5.0
It would work as its own brilliant short movie, but Cam is only just getting warmed up.
Digital Spy
4.0
The limitations of Cams low budget are noticeable in the films largely bare sets, but Kate Arizmendis slick cinematography manages to bring a rare cin ..
Flicks
3.5
Cam breathes the air of a classic thriller, but speaks in a language that only addicts to new technologies will understand.
4.5
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Daily Dot
4.0
However, Cam is a multi layered existential thriller with captivating pacing and unique experimental storytelling.
Film
4.5
Nevertheless, theyre delivered in a really intense, smart way and once the credits roll, Cam leaves us with much more good than bad.
Io9 Gizmodo
4.5
Why: A psychological thriller, a horror tale about todays technology, a woman empowering knockout punch Cam works on many levels besides being a tour ..
Film Companion
3.0
The story is slight and theres no satisfactory resolution to the crisis mystery, but all the techno gizmos are seemingly complex and keep things inter ..
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
3.0
How is it possible that even her home looks exactly the same.Its an existential mystery that never ends up giving obvious answers, even if the final r ..
The Shiz Nit
3.5
What makes Cam scarier than so much other horror is that it leaves its protagonist out to dry.
Polygon
2.0
What would you do if someone stole your social media accounts and started saying and doing things that you would never say or do
Film Avclub
3.5
Cam never deals much with technology itself, and yet its an effective, unnerving techno thriller focused almost entirely on the emotions intertwined w ..
The Verge
4.5
It was very important to me to have a protagonist that doesnt make dumb decisions, but still have it be scary and to show that that can be done.
The Daily Beast
4.0
As a detailed character portrait set in the digital age it shows the clear definition between Alices personal family life and what is essentially a pu ..
Scifi Now
4.0
Cam is an effective, taut thriller that keeps the viewer engaged, and while it doesnt quite stick the landing, it is a compelling and satisfying watch ..
The Mary Sue
1.5
The algorithm has taken Alices personaa certain tomboyish charm, a sick sense of humor, an friendliness coupled with an unwillingness to BSand perfect ..
Film Journal International ..
5.0
In this fairly straightforward but busy horror, the subtext may be shallow, but the blood runs deep, ensuring the viewer one hell of a crazy night.
Bfi
4.5
Sure, it isnt the genres first take on womens lib, but it is the latest and greatest.
Mash Able
4.5
Goldhaber and Mazzei may be first time directors but they have a heightened awareness of the material.
Culture
3.0
Yeah.Is it something to which you can irretrievably lose yourself
Mid West Film Journal
4.0
At the same time, Cam is not a moralizing documentary and its not purely a sociological look at a risky corner of the internet.
Thril List
3.0
(Streaming on Netflix.).Most of us dont have the exact problems that Alice in Cam has because most of us arent webcam performers who make a living doi ..
Crooked Marquee
4.5
Whats left isnt exactly a success, but does make clear how much sexploitation depends on hating its subjects for its motive force.
Splice Today
4.0
In what has shaped up to be a great year for horror, Cam stands near the top of the years best.
FanboyNation.com
2.5
Falling well short of its intention to become a De Palma indebted flick for the digital age, the disappointing and tough to stomach thriller Cam almos ..
The Gate
4.4
Todays society feels a certain cynicism towards the world explored in Cam, but its no match for the terror caused by something inimaginable and improb ..
3.8
For the most part, the narrative and mystery were compelling and the clever writing helped keep the story fresh for its relatively short runtime.
What I Watched Tonight
4.5
Its an excellent set up for a blistering thriller, and Goldhaber and Mazzei make it sing.
Vanyaland
4.0
He keeps the narrative moving without devolving into farce or rote horror tropes.
High Def Digest
4.5
All in all, I found CAM to be a tightly wound thriller that kept me guessing throughout its entire runtime.
3.5
So, is it worth watching.If you have no qualms with endings that arent wrapped up in a bowand are a fan of Black Mirroryou definitely want to add it t ..
Cosmopolitan
3.5
But what is crucial is the films belief that girls who do this do not deserve demonization.
The Lonely Film Critic
5.0
Less impressive is the reveal about what this ghost entity is and what its motivations are, but this disappointment doesnt take away from the dramatic ..
Seventh Row
4.0
Although global society lurches forward in terms of womens rights that doesnt mean every change means moving ahead.
Father Son Holy Gore
4.5
Cam is not a warning against completely entering the virtual world, but rather to be aware of everything that comes with it.
Butaca Ancha
4.5
Cam, much like 2017s Get Out, is a reminder of horrors potential for fostering awareness and understanding. And it works we root for Alice all the way ..
Bitch Media
2.0
Clovehitch is too predictable to be a compelling thriller, but too hollow to be taken seriously as a critique of middle class rot.
4.0
CAM is less the conservative morality tale about contemporary sex work as a brief synopsis might suggest, but instead an engrossing, thoughtful film a ..
Awfj
4.0
All this packaged as a devilishly fun thrill ride makes Cam a film not to be missed.
Cinemacy
3.5
Cam neither glorifies nor demonizes the job; it simply exhibits a solid thriller that uses the professions possible drawbacks and converts them into a ..
Film Pulse
4.0
Madeline Brewer gives a fearless performance and is an absolute revelation; throwing everything into the role.
Backseat Mafia
1.5
To his credit, Goldhaber doesnt over explain the mechanism of this attack, and the gnawing sense of dread in his film never dissipates.
4.5
Cam is a profound film as well as an entertaining one and it is a film I highly recommend everyone watch, whether you enjoy horror or not.
4.5
The new horror film Cam understands this potential, and wrings both scares and some visual ingenuity out of it.
Hyperallergic
4.5
Both Mazzei and Brewer are at their best, and Cam at its most unsettling, when they explore how an economy of loneliness fuels the frightening appeara ..
Another Gaze
4.5
The film is very interesting presenting a daring theme especially in regards to the horror of losing your life on the internet.
4.5
A gripping and consistently visually engaging thriller that delves deep into provocative subject matter to play on emotions that any viewer can relate ..
Rue Morgue
4.5
What appears as a glossy social commentary, CAM develops into a multilayered techno thriller that exposes the horrors of the online arena, as well as ..
Jordy Reviews It
1.5
Although the idea raised by Daniel Goldhaber may be interesting, the development is disastrous.
Culturamas
4.5
CAM isnt exactly a horror movie, but rather a quality thriller that borders on horror.
People's World
5.0
Is the reality you make.And you know what the scariest thing of all is
4.0
But the internet doesnt eliminate the pervasive misogynistic attitudes that marginalize sex workers and render their lives invisible.
BattyMamzelle
4.0
This film is entertaining and will keep you guessing from the moment it begins.
Floated Alternative Cultur ..
3.0
Theres more than a little David Lynch influence at play here, but Goldhaber handles the material expertly, as evidenced by his award for Best First Fe ..
Spoiler TV
3.0
A compelling update of a B movie storyline featuring a strong lead performance that fails to stick the landing.
4.5
Not only is the films aesthetic eye popping and its lead performance astounding; the concept is frighteningly relevant for life in the modern digital ..
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