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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film ThreatBobby LePireFilm ThreatBobby LePireThe screenplay has a lot it wants to say and does so in a fun, murderous way lined with wicked humor. All the actors understood the assignment and successfully pull off their roles.
- 75The A.V. ClubMatthew JacksonThe A.V. ClubMatthew JacksonIf you’re not a slasher nerd, don’t worry, this entertaining, wicked little movie can still win you over, even if it might take you a little longer to find its particular groove.
- 65Paste MagazineMatt DonatoPaste MagazineMatt DonatoErik Bloomquist’s direction is composed, and his co-written screenplay with Carson plays on politician-slamming themes, yet Founders Day is still a second-tier slasher that crosses too many plotlines in an overly complicated small-town massacre.
- 42IndieWireAlison ForemanIndieWireAlison ForemanThe horror-comedy takes a mediocre stab at the meta jokes typical to post-“Scream” whodunnits, as well as blisters through more vague quips about American moderates than the old “Colbert Report.” They don’t land.
- 40Screen RantMae AbdulbakiScreen RantMae AbdulbakiWith a premise worth engaging with, the film can’t quite grasp what its full intentions are and the execution reflects that.
- 38RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsA couple of pedal-to-the-floor melodramatic twists suggest that “Founders Days” might’ve been a bolder or just meaner genre movie, but its toothless satire, like its timid horror drama, sadly doesn’t cut it.
- 30Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerIf you're going to dig the same shallow grave for the thousandth time, at least have the verve of Eli Roth's shamelessly fun Thanksgiving – or at least make sure the entire cast knows if you're going for tension or comedy.
- 20VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThere are enough formulaic elements, especially teens meeting gory deaths, to keep undiscerning viewers in their seats. But the script (co-written by Erik and sibling Carson) stumbles in its climactic revelations, with an even worse epilogue bound to send patrons out rolling their eyes in unamused disbelief.