Abandoned is how to describe any hope that viewers might have that this dull and idiotic horror flick will be scary or interesting. It's the type of derivative haunted house movie that's just recycled trash.

| Jul 24, 2022

Emma Roberts shines in Abandoned, a haunted house movie that, like the titular abode, soon shows its age. Been there, haunted that.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 9, 2022

As Abandoned closes, as a viewer, I felt that the character of Sarah was completely abandoned by both writer and director.

| Jul 2, 2022

A haunted house movie should be genuinely unnerving; this one is simply incoherent and dull.

| Original Score: D+ | Jun 29, 2022

So much potential from the actors and the setting but a poor follow through leads the entertainment value downhill.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jun 27, 2022

Abandoned delivers tension with a more nuanced approach to a particularly emotionally vulnerable stage of life.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Jun 23, 2022

[It] works well enough – the notion that individuals and specific hauntings have an affinity for one another is big enough to share.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 22, 2022

This film is meant as an allegory, a common trope among modern horror, but the message is lost because all the characters make decisions that bear no semblance to ordinary human behavior.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 22, 2022

Listless, bland, ends on a disappointing note. Roberts does her best but the screaming baby fits overwhelm her. Nothing about this haunted house tale will likely haunt you in any way.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 22, 2022

It’s the central relationship between mother and baby which forms the most interesting part of what is otherwise a fairly straightforward ghost story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 21, 2022

Abandoned attempts to blend run-of-the-mill haunted house fare with heavy drama, but, despite a strong lead, ends up losing itself in the process.

| Jun 18, 2022

Despite a strong cast and some solid performances, this psychological horror/thriller isn't just confusing but also just plain bland, wheeling out all the old horror cliches without much enthusiasm.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 17, 2022

Put this trio of actors in another movie with greater stakes and a riskier narrative and you’ve got something special.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 17, 2022

It is my considered opinion that all strange neighbors — and maybe all weirdos — should be played by Michael Shannon, who radiates an oddity that seems to me entirely heartfelt.

| Jun 17, 2022

There’s just no meat on this film’s bones. Gallagher gets a non-character and Roberts is left hanging by being forced to play post-partum as a horror trope.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 17, 2022

Abandoned has a few things in its favor, but a disappointing conclusion obscures them while making the movie's flaws even more prominent.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 16, 2022

Ultimately, neither Squire nor Roberts nor Gallagher Jr. really puts a foot wrong in this movie, but that’s chiefly because the whole thing is standing still.

| Original Score: C | Jun 16, 2022

[T]he movie messes with our perception and understanding so many times that it's difficult to determine what that final point is.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 16, 2022

Rather than read the supernatural elements as postpartum, we have no choice but to equate postpartum with the heinous crimes inspiring those elements. [It's] a means to an end that unfortunately cannot shake the damage of those means.

| Original Score: C | Jun 16, 2022

Abandoned follows textbook instructions on how to craft a contrived horror film. It's achingly formulaic with a molasses drip delivery. Emma Roberts lifts the film from total absurdity as a mother realistically battling postpartum depression.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 15, 2022