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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleTully, along with cinematographer Wyatt Garfield and composer Michael Montes, has crafted an elegantly creepy pastiche.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWhile this twisty tale of an "evil miracle" connected to a self-exiled former priest ultimately withholds too much to resolve all of its enigmas, the atmospheric mood and persuasive performances keep you watching.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganSlow, deliberate and often unexpectedly funny, Michael Tully’s (Ping Pong Summer) contribution to the ever-growing Irish horror catalogue is refreshingly original even if it lacks the jump scare pay off to its heavily-signposted creepiness.
- 67The PlaylistAndrew CrumpThe PlaylistAndrew CrumpTthe best elements of Don’t Leave Home – its foreboding tone, its photography, and Roddy Sr.’s soulful, remorseful performance as Burke – override its head-scratching missteps.
- 67The Film StageMike MazzantiThe Film StageMike MazzantiFor where Don’t Leave Home perhaps intrigues most is in its more abstract elements.
- 65Film ThreatFilm ThreatIt’s easy to forgive its melodramatic excesses, especially if you happen to be partial to the genre. And things do pick up as the story unfolds.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDon’t Leave Home is a frustratingly befuddled movie that’s nevertheless fascinating.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGeoff BerkshireLos Angeles TimesGeoff BerkshireEerie and haunting without ever being outright scary, Don't Leave Home is different enough from current trends in horror to be of at least some interest to hardcore genre buffs.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe result is a diverting-to-a-point curio whose nice atmospherics and good performances ultimately don’t add up to quite enough to satisfy the constructs of horror, allegory, satire — or anything else.