I enjoyed it more than I expected... I laughed quite a bit.

| Jan 21, 2022

Scream is a blast, a solid setup for more to come.

| Jan 20, 2022

To an impressive extent, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and their team succeed in squaring this circle, a trick they accomplish partly by turning their film into a symposium on what a new Scream ought to look like.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 19, 2022

Remembering the thrill of the original, and just how brilliantly of its time it was, this is just alright. The Halloween reboot was far more surprising in its reconfiguration.

| Jan 19, 2022

Scream is smart. All that's lacking is a plot, or a heroine, capable of making us squeal.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 17, 2022

While this is the smartest, funniest and stabbiest film since the 1996 original, it does feel as though Scream has come full circle...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 17, 2022

It's at a certain point toward the finale that this Scream becomes almost as drearily repetitious as the reboot culture that it skewers.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 15, 2022

... Scream is largely a lot of fun, filled with the metacommentary, one-liners, and multiple stab wounds of its predecessors.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 15, 2022

This new Scream is so determined to be a Scream movie that it forgets the primary, unstated rule established by the original Scream: You can sell anything to us, so long as you make it scary.

| Jan 15, 2022

As a jolting piece of entertainment, Scream absolutely succeeds.

| Jan 14, 2022

Inventive, incisive and full of affection for the originals, this is easily the most fun the series has been since Scream 2.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 14, 2022

The challenge for any Scream movie is whether it can comment on tropes while still subverting them, and 2022's incarnation succeeds by tossing a cheeky middle finger to its fans but still lovingly embracing them.

| Jan 14, 2022

it's a foolish knockoff that tries desperately to become a clone of the OG film for a new generation despite not being fresh, smart or even fully coherent at times. Though, again, it's called "Scream," it borders more on shrill.

| Jan 14, 2022

A product that feels consistent with the first four movies but distinct enough to have its own voice.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 14, 2022

Though it toys with franchise expectations, it delivers on the gnarly, blood-soaked violence that has become less common in modern Hollywood horror, setting the stage for a film that is boldly, often ludicrously, self-assured in its visual craftsmanship.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 14, 2022

Way fiercer and funnier than a fourth sequel has any right to be. Here's 'Scream' for a new generation - so self-aware that it mocks itself for relying on borrowed inspiration while squeezing the golden goose for one last payoff.

| Jan 14, 2022

I wish this movie offered a little less running commentary and a little more running - anything, really, to get itself off the treadmill of self-critique and self-congratulation and actually going somewhere new.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 14, 2022

None of this is game-changing, but that's probably not what fans of the franchise want. The new movie understands the appeal of the old ones and, within that, offers a few compelling variations on a scream.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 14, 2022

Sure, this Scream delivers in chills, thrills, and darkly funny moments. But its ending is less haunting than hectic. So, in the end, it doesn't cut deep.

| Jan 14, 2022

Turns out to be a great deal of fun, cleverly wedding familiar faces with new stars in what isn't exactly a remake or reboot but rather plays like a refresh.

| Jan 13, 2022