It comes off like the filmmaker had no idea what kind of story he wanted to create around his capable cast.

| Dec 6, 2022

“They/Them” never connects on a gut level, as a horror movie should. It’s too somber and plodding — a “message movie” delivered in a drab package.

| Aug 8, 2022

As a director, Logan knows how to put us through the horror genre paces.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 5, 2022

"They/Them" is a smart and savvy film that demonstrates the value of putting queer heroes in the horror genre as well as the damaging effects of conversion therapy and not allowing people to be who they are.

| Aug 5, 2022

A story that at various times feels creepy, exploitative and preachy, without becoming particularly tense or scary.

| Aug 5, 2022

Although a few dedicated performances deliver some intriguing characters, this tepid slasher thriller is a half-baked attempt at queer horror.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 5, 2022

They/Them had the promise of having teeth only to wind up being all gums...

| Aug 5, 2022

They/Them is a baffling production, and seems almost frightened of its own rich ideas and unwilling to tie them to decades of slasher pics that played fast and loose with gender stereotypes and sexuality.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 5, 2022

With a formidable cast led by particularly strong performances from Bacon and Theo Germaine, They/Them uses the blueprint of camp slashers to tease out the psychological terrors of conversion and offer celebratory observations about queer identity.

| Aug 5, 2022

I’ve seen a lot of bad movies in 2022. I have not watched any that made me so angry I wanted to start throwing things at the screen. Until now.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 5, 2022

Slasher movies demand a certain willingness to be provocative, or even tasteless... “They/Them” wants badly to avoid offending anyone, and takes pains to avoid any action that might be considered problematic.

| Aug 4, 2022

A rancid, equivocating climax worsens an already limp horror film.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 4, 2022

Screenwriter John Logan makes his directorial debut with a tightly told story that drops its genre devices like malignant sugarplums.

| Aug 3, 2022

What makes Logan’s writing so effective in “They/Them” is that he gives the villains such persuasive-sounding dialogue, which cannot easily be shrugged off.

| Aug 2, 2022

Give writer and director John Logan points for creativity, exceptional inclusion and casting Kevin Bacon. But the movie could have used a lot more of the camp-slasher horror part.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 1, 2022

It’s a misfire, but still a nominally compelling one so long as one is prepared for that titular slash to cut through the established mood, so that the film deflates like a half-filled balloon.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 1, 2022

Logan tries to cover too much ground with too many characters in such a short running time. While it's a detriment to the horror, They/Them does deliver on endearing characters with rooting interest.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 25, 2022

The movie all but forgets to be scary — although enlisting Kevin Bacon as too-genial-to-be-trusted camp overseer Owen Whistler nearly makes it work.

| Jul 25, 2022