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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyKnock Knock has something genuine to say, and it uses some really dark dramatic beats to get there.
- 80EmpireDamon WiseEmpireDamon WiseRoth and Reeves locks us in for an increasingly terrifying thrillride.
- 60Village VoiceMichael NordineVillage VoiceMichael NordineThe best villains are those whose motivations prove uncomfortably persuasive, and Knock Knock's drop-dead-gorgeous home invaders predicate their cruel game on too shaky a foundation to truly unsettle.
- 60The GuardianMike McCahillThe GuardianMike McCahillLittle here is going to challenge the opinion of Roth as a bratty provocateur, but it’s still fun to experience a latter-day thriller pushing so many buttons in broadly the right order: if Knock Knock’s no more than a sick joke, it’s been very shrewdly constructed.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA film that flirts and flirts with explanations for its action without ever delivering.
- Young actresses, Lorenza Izzo, who plays the dark-haired vicious vamp, and Ana de Armas, a Marilyn Monroe-like nymphette, are fine as the sociopathic femme fatales, toying with their sexiness like a loaded weapon. But Reeves is the obvious big draw here, and he’s fun to watch, alternating between exasperation, fury and helplessness.
- Knock Knock is a nasty bit of business, and fans of Roth are not likely to be disappointed. But for everyone else, the joke's on them.