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2012
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Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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Average Rating
2.7
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2.8
Detention suffers from a giddy overabundance of ideas rather than a dearth.
Av Club
4.5
Detention is unlike any teen slasher youve ever seen, or quite possibly will see. Its proof that fresh ideas and off the wall filmmaking are still a p ..
We Got This Covered
1.0
The whole thing comes off like 200 commercials smashed together, selling you your own obsolescence.
Time Out
4.5
Detention is a whole mess of mockery that tap dances between gleeful derision and unapologetic bitchiness.
Collider
4.5
And the ride is nothing short of wild, poking fun at cliches while adding a dash of incredible originality.
IGN
1.0
The difference is that The Cabin in the Woods is an expert bit of filmmaking that works both as a horror film and as a comedy while offering intellige ..
E Film Critic
0.0
The result is a din of utter and complete nonsense that goes for broke and loses.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
They could easily look past the exhaustive jumbling of genres and sheer number of inside jokes.
Common Sense Media
2.5
If youre going to ignore the movie theater no cell phone rule for just one movie this year, make it Detention.
Sf Gate
3.8
Yet Detention is more than a mash up of The Breakfast Club and sly horror movies like Scream.
Slant Magazine
1.8
About the only audiences who might appreciate Detention are those with extremely short attention spans or trivia buffs looking for obscure film refere ..
Reeling Reviews
3.5
Nevertheless, the stream of genre hopping jokes and sight gags makes Detentionan entertaining ride, however fried it leaves viewers when the credits r ..
Hollywood Reporter
1.5
First time feature director Kat Coiro gives an oft tread story a snappy new spin in the hip and enjoyable comedy Life Happens.
Los Angeles Times
2.5
By the time the entirely anticlimactic (and frustratingly ambiguous) finale rolls around, Meeting Evil has certainly lived up to its place as just ano ..
Reel Film
1.9
Unless you bring something more to the party than your pop culture obsessions, satirizing high school is about as fresh and engaging as satirizing Joh ..
New York Post
1.9
Get it, the 90s are hilarious now, and if we make a joke about how overdone this is, it allows us to do it more!
Red Eye Chicago
1.5
But horror fans will probably grow impatient with the unevenly executed Scream style self awareness, and Mr. Kahn ultimately loses control of his refe ..
Ny Times
3.8
Its an overstuffed but ridiculously fun and gleefully original concoction.
Dustin Put Man
3.5
If it doesnt completely overwhelm your synapses, it will make you stronger.
Io9 Gizmodo
4.0
Kahns fast paced, Aaron Sorkin like Detention deserves cult hit status. Just as The Social Network embodies our Facebook culture, this SXSW film festi ..
Hollywood Chicago
3.1
It takes every kind of teen genre and grinds it all up into a frenzied mess then intertwines it with Internet and mobile phone culture.
Scene Stealers
1.8
Dentention is a horror comedy about teen relationships and a serial killer.
Movie Chambers
2.5
Detention isnt really punishment, but its not quite the breezy joke its creators surely envisioned.
Miami
1.5
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Richard Roeper
3.4
As a parody its far funnier and far better made than any of the Scary Movie series.
Movie Martyr
4.5
hilariously dissects a new class of teenagers in a world of rapidly shifting reference points and values, where they must piece together their identit ..
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