A surprising science fiction thriller that serves original twists you won’t see coming.

| Oct 14, 2023

Simply not enough in nearly every category.

| Original Score: C | Jun 20, 2023

Those who make it through the interminable first 45 minutes are unlikely to care who kills whom in the climactic face-off.

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

There’s some bloody stuff to look out for, but the way we come to realize who to root for and what to take away from the ultimate antagonist allows for a bit of a subversion that’s acted well enough between the two leads.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 29, 2022

Kind of a B-movie riff on Annihilation, which is funny since Paramount also did that. Maika Monroe is already an elite Scream Queen, and Jake Lacy is born to play a part like this.

| Oct 27, 2022

This tense thriller subverts expectations early and often.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 26, 2022

The fantastic performances from Monroe and Lacy and the twisty fashion of the science fiction/horror yarn make Significant Other a heady trip with an earned payoff.

| Oct 26, 2022

If you’re looking to get in the Halloween spirit by watching something haunting, Significant Other definitely serves up some gore. But you might have to stifle some giggles while trying to get into the scary mood.

| Oct 21, 2022

Never overstays its welcome and builds up to its shocks by having us get to know Harry and Ruth before it turns the tables on the audience

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 19, 2022

If for some reason you haven’t pulled the trigger on Shudder and want to get more out of a Paramount+ subscription, this is better than just staring at a blank wall.

| Oct 19, 2022

Though Significant Other is quite absurd when you look at it, the utter unpredictability in its pacing means it’s consistently engaging and revelling in how ahead of its audience it is.

| Oct 18, 2022

Significant Other blandly rips off plot developments from other movies about terror in a remote wooded area and sci-fi body horror. The acting is unremarkable. Everything in the movie looks like a lazy imitation of other films with the same ideas.

| Oct 17, 2022

... features some clever twists yet seems to make up the rules as it goes along without building any meaningful rooting interest in the couple’s fate.

| Oct 14, 2022

...a stirring piece of work...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 12, 2022

Significant Other is a sub-standard supernatural hybrid, which wastes the talent of all those involved. Maika Monroe and Jake Lacy may work hard to breathe life into this ponderous fireside fable, but often fall short through no fault of their own.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 12, 2022

Yes, there are some of the story touchstones and cliches of horror (the local who warns of bad things before the bad things happen, secondary characters doomed to face a gory death, etc.), but these are far outweighed by the movie's original moments.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2022

Where the film starts as a clever way to subvert expectations, it ultimately falls prey to them like an insect crawling along a Venus flytrap.

| Oct 11, 2022

Significant Other may seem like one of those typical thrillers, but it's actually rich and thoughtful and takes bold swings.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 10, 2022

This movie does a lot of things right. It’s set against the gorgeous Pacific Northwest backdrop. There are enough twists and turns in the narrative to keep the viewer at the edge of their seat for the entire runtime.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 8, 2022

Significant Other is a tight and well-constructed thriller that offers some genuine surprises and showcases the talents of Maika Monroe and Jake Lacy.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 8, 2022