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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 76TheWrapLex BriscusoTheWrapLex BriscusoThe film is an emotional rollercoaster bursting full of dynamic tensions, mind-bending twists and shattering truths. It’s the perfect combination of high marital drama and science fiction thinkpiece, and with the lengths the film goes to, Foe is a worthy addition to the emotional sci-fi canon.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichPerverse as it is to cast two of the world’s most talented young actors as the two sides of a curdled marriage, Mescal and Ronan both excel at sinking into themselves, with the latter’s irrepressible force of will squeezing against the walls of the musty farmhouse as if her life were a shoe five sizes too small.
- 55The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe Daily BeastNick SchagerA sci-fi story that spirals about in circles on its way to a predictable and underwhelming twist and an even less satisfying conclusion.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanFoe wants to end with a big “Whoa.” Instead, it leaves us going “Huh, interesting” and “Whuuut?” at the same time.
- 42The Film StageMichael FrankThe Film StageMichael FrankIt becomes a mess of concepts, issues, and messages, an amalgamation of errors in tone and story.
- 40The GuardianAdrian HortonThe GuardianAdrian HortonThe two leads do their best here, but even they cannot scrounge enough feeling out of this desolate sci-fi.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe film is saved to some degree by the unstinting commitment of Ronan and Mescal, sweating it out in an environment that’s stifling both physically and psychologically. But the screenplay becomes so overwrought that it smothers any emotional connection to them.
- 33ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonIt’s difficult to overstate how badly Foe fumbles its heady premise and firecracker cast, a film so dependent on its biggest secret that it’s both predictable and hard to grasp by the time the trigger is finally pulled.
- 25RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloFoe stumbles rather spectacularly by leaning more on melodrama than logic and choosing cliche over originality. Aside from rehashing tropes and offering some laughably bad moments, the film accomplishes little.
- 12Slant MagazineSlant MagazineAt every turn, Garth Davis’s Foe not only fails to adequately redress or rework played-out tropes within its high-concept world, but its examination of marriage and identity is also hackneyed.