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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- While Cam feels authentic, it's not a documentary.
- 83The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeMazzei’s script and Goldhaber’s direction complement each other beautifully, with true-to-life details like the tacky dollar-store carpet that decorates Alice’s camming room and the pink taser she keeps in her car playing off of—and enhancing—the naturalistic dialogue.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichGoldhaber’s steady hand ensures that things are rivetingly queasy from start to finish, and Brewer’s performance is powerful enough to flip the script on the entire cam experience.
- 83The PlaylistJordan RuimyThe PlaylistJordan RuimyBrewer, of course, is the glue that holds the puzzle together. If we didn’t care for her surreal plight, then the film would just not work, but the actress builds a thoroughly believable character in Alice.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonCam is a suspenseful mind-bender with plenty of timely feminist subtext. It takes viewers down some unexpected rabbit holes and commendably avoids pandering to male-gaze sex-thriller tropes, even if it ultimately fails to deliver on its grippingly weird early promise.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakMazzei expertly creates this sense of contrasting arguments through the mystery she’s crafted, letting its terror metaphorically represent the struggle sex workers combat psychologically thanks to America’s prudish nature forcing them to lead dual lives.
- 60The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyThe realization of her life online, as she interacts with a profusion of screens and windows, is extraordinarily complex and detailed, but the drama is thin and predictable; despite the quasi-documentary authenticity of the details of Alice’s work, the movie offers more prowess than perspective.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyReflective of its subject, the movie is content to exist on the stimulating surface, teasing us with the promise of something deeper while skirting around its delivery.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisCam is more successful as an oddly feminist tale of gutsy self-reliance than as a fully developed drama.
- 50Film Journal InternationalRebecca PahleFilm Journal InternationalRebecca PahleUnfortunately, a solid premise can only carry a film so far, and Goldhaber fails to deliver on Cam’s potential.