SummarySara (Emma Roberts), her husband Alex (John Gallagher Jr.), and their infant son move into a remote farmhouse, which harbors a dark, tragic history. As their home’s past is revealed, the mother’s fragility escalates to a state of psychosis that jeopardizes her own safety and that of her newborn son.
Directed By:Spencer Squire
Written By:Erik Patterson, Jessica Scott, Spencer Squire
Abandoned
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
38
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4.6
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
38
14% Positive
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Jun 23, 2022
65
Abandoned delivers tension with a more nuanced approach to a particularly emotionally vulnerable stage of life.
Jun 15, 2022
50
This is a very slow-moving work that leans heavily on auditory scares rather than visual ones, the whole akin to sleep-deprivation torture.
Jun 15, 2022
50
Ultimately, neither Squire nor Roberts nor Gallagher Jr. really puts a foot wrong in this movie, but that’s chiefly because the whole thing is standing still.
Jun 17, 2022
40
Abandoned has a few things in its favor, but the disappointing conclusion obscures them while making the movie's flaws even more prominent, which ultimately makes it difficult to recommend.
Jun 15, 2022
40
A listless thriller that can’t find its footing, Abandoned does occasionally rouse itself enough to suggest a better movie that never comes to pass.
Jun 17, 2022
38
Instead of ratcheting up tension, Squire seems content to sustain a minor-stakes atmosphere that, well, abandons his leading lady in a film that doesn’t do anything interesting with her predicament.
Jun 16, 2022
25
The Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott script is laughably generic, and even the potentially alarming moments are given a cut-rate handling by director Spencer Squire, who hopefully resented the fact that the production didn’t even have money for spectral effects.
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Apr 10, 2023
2
It's been a while since I've seen a film so lacking in suspense and fear, especially when it's advertised and sold as a story of both genres. Yes there is also something in the plot about postpartum depression, but clearly this was intended just to be about a haunting and it fails miserably. And what a bland actress Emma Roberts is. Almost 95% of her films are utterly meaningless, but I still don't understand how she lands so many leading roles.
Production Company:
- Before The Door Pictures
- Three Point Capital (TPC)
- Vertical Entertainment
Release Date:Jun 17, 2022
Duration:1 h 42 m
Rating:PG-13
