All of this is handled skillfully enough by the director. But his script crams in too many red herrings and logic gaps for the story to bear.

| Feb 15, 2025

While Smallwood’s character as written is essentially reactive, the actor’s facility with charged stillness sets the tone. This is not full-on scare stuff; it’s more interior.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 14, 2025

“Rounding” doesn’t quite make its own case, in terms of the symbolism it throws into the mix, but as a portrayal of a man falling apart from overwhelming stress it works quite well.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 14, 2025

Namir Smallwood is superb in his portrayal of James, who is either going to get it together or fall apart.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 12, 2025

A few scenes show glimmers of promise for what Alex Thompson can achieve when he’s more in his wheelhouse. It’s a shame that the horror and tension that make up the bulk of Rounding are so clearly outside of it.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 10, 2025

A tense, occasionally terrifying portrait of trauma and stress.

| Jun 17, 2022