A solid lead turn from French actress Clemence Poesy and a startling supporting performance from rising Finnish star Laura Birn help make the familiar discomfort of dueling feminine personas a bit more intense.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2020

There are enjoyable moments of unexpected humour (general social awkwardness) as well a nice tautness to the plot's proceedings. Ultimately, however, the film's rather predictable yet overblown ending takes the wind out of its 'serious thriller' sails.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2019

Elements of pastiche aside, Farr's suspense-filled first endeavor behind the camera shows signs of genuine promise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2019

It's that plausibility factor that makes The Ones Below so effective.

| Mar 29, 2019

Only a strong cast make it halfway worthwhile.

| Oct 24, 2017

This is one of those nails scratching a blackboard suspense stories. It is the kind of film where terrible things happen, and you know more terrible things are going to happen. You just don't know exactly what, or when.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 15, 2017

The film's ultimate reveal is hardly shocking, and that the film spends a gratuitous amount time unspooling it long after it's clear what has gone down feels indulgent and unearned.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 2, 2017

A quality effort that unsettles even as it gets silly, with Posy's convincingly spooked performance holding things together when subtlety finally flees the party.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 2, 2017

A horror-thriller that gets in several satirical shots at the status envy of modern urban professionals.

| Dec 31, 2016

A slick but flawed psychological thriller.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 17, 2016

"The Ones Below" cannot attest to having the most original of plots. It is an effective film, however, one that ever more tightens its compellingly diabolical grip.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 2, 2016

The Ones Below is a powerful thriller, a movie that toys with audience expectation at every turn, making it the type of debut Farr will be proud to lead off his resume with long into the foreseeable future.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 9, 2016

Dull and programmatic in equal measure, The Ones Below seeks to thrill with its Polanski-tinged pregnancy drama but mostly ends up insulting its audience's intelligence with an obvious endgame and cheap stabs at paranoid dread.

| Jul 12, 2016

There are elements of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle here, but Mr. Farr and an excellent cast of four give it fluidity and balance without the familiar "gotcha."

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 2, 2016

Supremely chilling and effectively slow-burn.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 2, 2016

This suburban nightmare is a testament to the horror of implication, drawing on the vicious politeness of middle-class aggression rather than blood and gore.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 1, 2016

Lots of thriller potential here, but out-of-character actions interfere with suspension of disbelief.

| Jun 1, 2016

The Ones Below is a polished creepy-neighbor thriller that ramps up its dark intensity a little too much, resulting in a somewhat tiresome, overwhelming experience.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 27, 2016

The Ones Below demonstrates true artistry, with sharp dialogue and the actors to carry it, a perfect pleasure for those who want to dwell in their deepest fears.

| May 27, 2016

Even as events turn more than a tad preposterous with twists that seem not just predictable but inevitable, Farr keeps a handle on the tension and tone, which keeps us hooked.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 27, 2016