Movie Information
Overall Rank: 13170
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 8
Theatrical Release Date: 12/07/2023
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Esmail
Actors: Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon, Myha'la Herrold, Mahershala Ali, Farrah Mackenzie
Plot: A family decides to get away from the city and books a beautiful house in the countryside. Things take a darker turn, however, when the world around them goes offline, animals behave strangely and travel is best avoided. The arrival of the Airbnb's owner and his daughter add to the tension, but soon everyone realizes they can only rely on each other as chaos reigns. -- Chris Kavan
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1.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 01/16/2024
Some potentially interesting messages without a convincing or remotely suspenseful movie built around them, the painfully pretentious "Leave the World Behind" is too superficial to be the pseudo-smart psychological thriller it tries so hard to imitate. It's too bad it doesn't even have the gall to be as hilariously atrocious as "The Happening."
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3/4
The End is Near... and Deer
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/13/2023
The premise of Leave the World Behind is simple - the downfall of a modern nation via the loss of technology. Cut off the internet, television, electricity and watch as the world burns. Also, some animals do weird things too.
The film follows the Sanford family - Amanda (Julia Roberts), Clay (Ethan Hawke), and teens Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie) as they decide to take a vacation from the big city and hit the beach after renting a swanky house in the woods. When an oil tanker runs aground on the beach, it's the first major sign something is happening. Soon phones, tablets and the TV stop working - aside from a few short bits of about hackers and nation-wide attacks. That night, the owners of their house, G.H. Scott (Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha'la) …
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