Super Dark Times

  • 2017


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Positive Reviews 33
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Average Rating 3.9/5
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4.5
If Hollywood ever makes the terrible decision to remake Back To The Future, theyve got a suitable George McFly right here.) Av Club
3.2
Super Dark Times is much sharper on the minds of ordinary teen boys than it is on what happens when those minds snap. Av Club
3.2
... Super Dark Times is visceral and gripping throughout, its probing compositions forcing you to peer deeper and deeper into the darkness. Indie Wire
4.0
You feel each boys heart skip twenty beats, which tears down protective emotional walls. We Got This Covered
3.5
But the combination of stolen marijuana and a Samurai sword proves fatal, in more ways than one. Screen Daily
4.0
Its climax is where the film drops most of its atmosphere and becomes more of a straight ahead horror thriller, which feels both inevitable and unnece .. Vulture
3.0
Though beautifully shot by Eli Born as 90s ultra Americana, Super Dark Times never seems sure which way to make us look. Which isnt a good thing. Paste Magazine
4.5
Its an effective thriller, anchored by great performances and a strong visual language for a debut film. Rogerebert
4.4
A genre film that has things to say about the world in which we live, its emptiness and the chasm between cause and effect. Rogerebert
4.5
The actors all give solid performances for such a dark subject matter. The Young Folks
2.5
Kevin Phillips explains that he set his debut feature in 1995 to examine the undercurrent of darkness in white teenage boys that fed the Columbine Hig .. Chicago Reader
5.0
When Super Dark Times makes the shift from somber coming of age film to out and out grisly thriller, its credibility as a character study withers away .. Npr
3.8
And the first half of the film has a masterful air of unpredictability and white knuckle tension. Ew
3.1
The transformation of a teen into a serial killer isnt credible compared to the portrait of idle suburban adolescence. Slant Magazine
3.5
While another movie might have leaned harder on ripped from the headlines prurience, Super Dark Times instead aims to become a more elusive pleasure a .. The New York Times
3.8
Virtually free from quirk and black humor, the film is an effective, nasty thriller and a rare horror film that provides an emotional investment becau .. The Film Stage
4.5
But it doesnt, leading each boy to respond in dramatically different ways. Uproxx
3.5
Strikingly shot, edited and scored, with convincing and vivid performances from a youthful cast, the picture loses its footing in the final stretch bu .. Hollywood Reporter
4.0
Super Dark Times is a coming of age picture that harkens back to the glory days of R rated 80s teen movies like Rivers Edge, slices of moody truth tha .. Birth Movies Death
4.0
And someone might also have gotten too strong a taste for extremely bad behavior Part of the tension of Super Dark Times lies in not knowing just how .. Birth Movies Death
4.0
What makes Super Dark Times one of the most exciting American filmmaking debuts in recent years is how well Phillips and company grasp both the intens .. Los Angeles Times
3.8
Even so, there is a refreshing candor to this film thats wonderful. Movie Freak
3.5
It generates tension because youre afraid something terrible will happen, but nothing does: Richard Linklater feels too much tenderness for his charac .. Variety
3.2
The minute tick tocking of Zachs tortured conscience complete with haunted dream sequences and a ratcheting sense of claustrophobia, provides more tha .. The Play List
3.5
The early promise of the movie shifts into routine thriller territory, which is a shame. Ner Dist
4.0
Though the final sequence of events is oddly paced and difficult to follow, Phillips succeeds by using the language and logic of teenagers to tell thi .. The Stranger
4.4
Lets applaud Phillips for at least trying for something less reductive than another teen slasher movie and for having the taste to resist injecting qu .. Ar Kansas Online
2.0
Phillipss beautifully directed and acted debut is the years superior spooky kids on bikes coming of age fable. The Ringer
4.3
As an exercise in escalating drama and thrills, however, the film works beautifully. Under The Radar Mag
4.0
Their heads explode one by one.Game Of Deaths playful tone does land some absurdist laughs, but attempts to reconcile the films ironic distance from i .. Film Avclub
4.5
Super Dark Times is a tense, expertly choreographed thriller and it has several endearing and painful sequences of botched teen romance.I would hold b .. The Verge
5.0
Like so much genre fare, Super Dark Times operates best when one doesnt know whats around the bend. The Daily Beast
3.0
SUPER DARK TIMES can certainly be commended for its scarily accurate portrayal of young white male angst, its solid performances, and deceptive settin .. Reel Talk Online
4.5
Super Dark Times is that special kind of film that we as genre fans are always desperate to discover, the one that we fall in love with and show to al .. Bloody Disgusting
5.0
Being a teenager is like the best thing ever and the worst thing ever all rolled into one. Daily Dead



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