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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsThe Curse of Downers Grove coasts on pulpy fumes thanks to its creators' effective emphasis on circumstantial peril over character-driven drama.
- 42The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifePost-"The Canyons," this appears to be Ellis’ new, second-rate normal.
- 38RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiAlternately idiotic and boring horror thriller.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckCo-scripted by a slumming Bret Easton Ellis, The Curse of Downers Grove is all over the place in tone, never managing to decide what kind of film it wants to be.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiThe Curse of Downers Grove seems to be jumping on that 1990s teen slasher bandwagon two decades too late.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyAlthough it’s being marketed as a horror film, The Curse of Downers Grove turns out to be something else — a messy hash of teen soap opera, stalker thriller and whatnot whose titular, possibly supernatural aspect is basically irrelevant.
- 25Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreCurse of Downer’s Grove is so awful it’s no fair to lay it all at the feet of the co-writer, who didn’t direct or cast this disaster, after all.