Get Away
critic Reviews
, 74% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Drawing blood and yucks from its literal tourist trap setting, Get Away is uneven as comedy and horror but makes for a highly unique blending of the two genres.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherThe Times (UK)
... The movie degenerates into a tedious slow-motion gore-fest that’s as empty as it is illogical.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJohn NugentEmpire Magazine
Funny and shocking, Get Away is not always a successful holiday-gone-wrong, but its bloody bonkers final act makes it worth the trip.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJohn AndersonWall Street Journal
Offhandedly funny, conscientiously forbidding and ultimately a surprise.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCath ClarkeGuardian
The tone here feels less good natured, more self-congratulatory, the comedy not quite so light on its feet. Though it comes into its own with a cheerfully gruesome gorefest in the last half-hour.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristian ZilkoIndieWire
Should moderately entertain horror lovers looking for 86 minutes of fun. It’s no “Shaun of the Dead,” but it might be a better use of your time than a 100th rewatch.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBrian TallericoRogerEbert.com
Steffen Haars's "Get Away" is a one-joke film, and it doesn't even have a good punchline.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJames CrootThe Post NZ
Penned by and starring Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz’s Nick Frost this comedy horror’s somewhat unexpected payoff is worth staying the fitfully funny course for.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLee ZumpeTampa Bay Newspapers
Haars never forgets that to make an effective parody of a horror subgenre, the film must incorporate authentic horror elements.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTyler DoupeDread Central
‘Get Away’ offers some good laughs but the home stretch is a bit of a slog.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMaria LattilaFilm Stories
There’s only so much the audience can suspend their disbelief, especially if there’s nothing to make us forget just how little sense everything makes.
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