Thoroughbreds is a dark delight. Deeply comedic moments are intermixed with trepidation and tied together with standout performances by Cooke and Taylor-Joy. A cult classic in the making.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2023

There’s a wicked little satire under the cultivated surfaces and carefully groomed front, while the chilly alienation elevates this teen killer thriller with a mix of psychological drama and cool neo-noir.

Full Review | Apr 8, 2023

A half-batty movie that takes the problems of the young and privileged and gives them a violent shake. Where do all the pieces land? You’ll have to watch to find out.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 25, 2022

Makes his audiences feel something for characters incapable of empathy

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 14, 2022

Thoroughbreds is weird, funny, thought-provoking, and anchored by great performances and praiseworthy filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2021

Taylor-Joy and Cooke are top-notch.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 10, 2021

It's ... incredibly bleak, but it's not nihilistic, and for me, that makes all the difference.

Full Review | Jul 20, 2021

A minor miracle of tone control: an unsettling character study with the sick-funny kicks of a merciless thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Feb 5, 2021

Acerbic, biting, and witty, Cory Finley's script telegraphs its intimate stage play roots with a simple story elevated by sharp dialogue, magnetic performances, and some of the smartest uses of sound in recent cinematic memory.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jan 29, 2021

By taking beats from the screwball comedy and injecting them with embalming fluid and battery acid, Thoroughbreds is one of the most impressive debuts in recent years.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 23, 2020

Thoroughbreds is a pitch black dark comedy in the vein of Heathers or Throw Momma from the Train. Think Mean Girls filtered through the bleakly humorous noir lens of the Coen brothers.

Full Review | Jul 18, 2020

Strange and unorthodox, "Thoroughbreds" subverts expectations, offers unexpected flourishes of heart, and doesn't provide easy answers or over explain every detail.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 1, 2020

Watching the two young women bond while bringing out each other's worst qualities is a fascinating, hypnotic and darkly humorous process that is the dark heart of the film.

Full Review | Jun 2, 2020

Although disturbing to watch...we can't look away due to a director's sharp lens.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 30, 2020

["Thoroughbreds" features] sharp dialogue and vivid characterizations.

Full Review | Oct 16, 2019

Thoroughbreds is a perfect example of various elements coming together to make a great film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2019

Thoroughbreds is a comedy, but it's the sort of comedy that would probably be found in the Drama section if Blockbuster still existed.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2019

A fable full of bile, visually cold and impeccable, like a luxury perfume advertisement. With acid inside the bottle. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 11, 2019

horoughbreds probably isn't quite as sophisticated as it may think itself to be, but it is proof that at least a modicum of self-awareness, impeccable casting and a savvy satirizing of significant social stereotypes can be an engaging endeavor.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 18, 2019

A disturbing and powerful critique of Randian Objectivism, whose social Darwinism celebrated a culture of selfishness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 3, 2019