Eli plays things too close to the chest for too much of its runtime, but the fiery finale is mostly worth the wait.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2024

Netflix's latest horror film is among its most surprising and entertaining.

| Nov 14, 2019

Foy and the film's three writers build to an artless, third-act twist that feels like a future case study for cheap screenwriting rug-pulls.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 31, 2019

Like a jigsaw puzzle broken apart all at once, not all the pieces fit back together into a cohesive whole. At a certain point, however, I gave up trying to make it all fit, sat back, and enjoyed the remainder of the ride.

| Original Score: 3.0/5 | Oct 31, 2019

To be honest, the "twist ending" was far from fulfilling...still, it's ~spooky szn~ and the jump scares mostly worked on me, so I'll give this one a thumbs medium.

| Oct 28, 2019

After all the deliciously terrifying setup - perhaps some of the finest in recent times - the film reveals a truth that insta-damns it to silly valley.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 28, 2019

Despite the risks Eli takes, at its core the movie is not very good. The performances are expected but competent. The scares are hollow jump-shocks where the score tells you precisely what's coming next.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 25, 2019

Blood and gore, demonic imagery in excellent horror movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 24, 2019

Despite some good scares, Eli winds up being more monotone than convincing. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 23, 2019

Eli represents yet another strange acquisition by Netflix from the old media - it's becoming clearer and clearer why these projects are getting dumped on streaming services.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Oct 22, 2019

It's a pleasure to see [director Ciarán] Foy returning to something a bit less contrived this time around. Unfortunately, despite employing the likes of Kelly Reilly and Lili Taylor, his latest is a bit of an underwhelming slog.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 21, 2019

You've seen haunted houses and medical horror movies before, but Eli plays with those conventions to develop fresh scares along with familiar tropes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2019

Eli isn't the perfect film since the story is second to the scares. That said, it's extremely fun and takes the audience on a ride that explores almost every toy in the horror toybox...

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 21, 2019

It's the equivalent of horror Mad Libs, but defying sensible rationale, dare I admit bemused appreciation for this freewheelin' genre bullshittery?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 20, 2019

Many may tire of the clichés and predictable jump scares that litter the movie, but for those who know exactly what they want from a horror movie and are not expecting to be blown away, Eli is enough fun to entertain.

| Oct 20, 2019

A mostly interminable horror flick...

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 20, 2019

Eli has a couple of tense sequences, and decent jump scares, with an ending I honestly didn't saw coming [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 20, 2019

A promising premise sets a solid stage for terror.

| Oct 19, 2019

I absolutely love it when a movie is willing to take such a wild swing. And swing they do ... It won't work for everyone, but boy did I enjoy Eli.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2019

"Eli" has a strong payoff too with a memorably intense final 15 minutes. But that roaring finish feels like it should come much earlier in the picture. The story ends just when it's finally going somewhere.

| Oct 18, 2019