Mali Elfman delivers one hell of a debut feature. Remember her name, you’ll be hearing it again and again.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 24, 2023

A fairly average road-trip movie about redemption with love as the answer to life’s meaninglessness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 13, 2023

An interesting conceit, and I sort of enjoyed it.

| Nov 30, 2022

Viewers who can endure the at-times tediously dour first hour of “Next Exit” are rewarded with a tense and emotional final stretch, with a lot to say about what gives life meaning.

| Nov 4, 2022

Although it doesn’t really come together, Next Exit is reasonably ambitious and made with just enough skill to make curious to see what Elfman does for a follow-up.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 4, 2022

Elfman’s script is... engaging throughout. It’s perceptive, in low-key ways, about how sometimes the only person who can reach or connect with us is someone hurt or adrift in the same manner.

| Original Score: B | Nov 4, 2022

In No Exit, Sartre presents Hell as an eternity spent with other people. In Next Exit, human relationships can be heaven because we don’t have an eternity.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 3, 2022

The actors’ chemistry feels brittle, and like many road movies it has trouble mining drama out of disparate episodes.

| Nov 3, 2022

Next Exit is a loose, horror-adjacent showcase for Parker and Kolhi’s talents.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 15, 2022