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Vicious
2025 98 min United States of America R 18+
★5.3
Horror, Thriller
Director: Bryan Bertino
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Description
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Starring
Dakota Fanning
Actor
Kathryn Hunter
Actor
Mary McCormack
Actor
Awards
1 nomination total
Key opinion
Vicious is a polarizing home-invasion thriller that relies heavily on Dakota Fanning's performance to carry an otherwise thin premise. While some critics appreciate the oppressive atmosphere and emotional stakes, others find the film to be a clichéd and poorly executed exercise in genre tropes.
| Acting | Dakota Fanning provides a compelling, career-anchored performance that effectively depicts the protagonist's descent into survival-driven desperation. | |
| Production | The film utilizes claustrophobic interior settings and unsettling audio design to create a consistent, oppressive, and chilly atmosphere. | |
| Originality | The narrative premise relies on derivative horror tropes and cliché curse motifs, failing to offer the viewer anything original in the genre landscape. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is stretched thin, feeling like a short-form concept artificially elongated into a feature-length film that lacks sufficient thematic depth. | |
| Pacing | Critics are divided on the film's engagement: some find the emotional and physical brutality effective, while others describe the experience as a tiresome test of patience. |