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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonPreservation ultimately impresses as an arrestingly suspenseful thriller that takes clever narrative twists and turns while moving through familiar territory.
- 60Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyChristopher Denham's Preservation is a violent yet agreeably goofy throwback to the survival-in-the-woods genre.
- 50Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleUntil its characters behave illogically in the third act and the direction shows suspense fatigue, Preservation displays a flinty resolve to be better than your average woodsy-nightmare thriller.
- 40The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldLike his ill-fated hunting party, Mr. Denham’s plans for his thriller don’t turn out quite the way he’d hoped.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckTechnological updating and a few clever narrative twists are the sole saving graces of the otherwise pedestrian Preservation.
- 38Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerChockablock with instances of characters not shooting, running, attacking, or sneaking away when they can or should, this thriller comes off like the world's most rigged game.
- 38RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThere are few surprises here after the narrative’s turn to survival horror as the film plods to its inevitable conclusion, and even that final shot feels unearned.